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“This story has incredible intrigue and emotional power.” --Randall Wallace, Director Heaven Is for Real, We Were Soldiers, and Secretariat “Do you remember the hospital, Colton?” Sonja said.“Yes, mommy, I remember,” he said. “That’s where the angels sang to me.” When four-year-old Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren't expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the following months—a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy’s trip to heaven and back. This true story, retold by his father but using Colton’s uniquely simple words, offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, “Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses.
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Check out Todd's ministry website www.heavenlive.org
Todd Burpo is the pastor of Crossroads Wesleyan Church in Imperial, Nebraska. Todd worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the Imperial Volunteer Fire Department as a fire fighter. He served as the chaplain for the Nebraska State Volunteer Firefighter's Association. Todd has operated an overhead garage door company, coached wrestling and served on local school board. Todd graduated from Oklahoma Wesleyan University in 1991 summa cum laude with a BA in Theology. He was ordained in 1994. In 2011, Heaven is for Real Ministries, Inc was established due to the overwhelming response to the book.
