Marcus Girod was born in 1989, the eighth child of nine in an old order Amish home. Cleaning out horse, cow, and pigpens was a part of life in his growing-up years. His grade school years were held in a one-room schoolhouse with up to forty pupils. At the age of six, Marcus gave his life to Jesus Christ, which opened doors to radical evangelism sharing the hope, love, and Gospel of Christ, which he later would admit was actually not radical at all but just a lifestyle of a normal Christian. At the age of twelve, he started working with a log home crew. There he remained in construction until 2019 when he cofounded a commercial roofing company, Flag Ship Foam & Coatings. Early on in his life, he developed a love for the great outdoors. Hiking, fishing, and hunting remain a few of his ultimate pastimes. At the age of twenty-five, he married his beautiful wife Dora. Together, they built their first house, wherein he started his first book, Heart of the Mountain.