In March 2003, Todd and Sonja Burpo were facing a parent’s
worst nightmare. Their 4-year-old son, Colton, became very ill. His appendix
had unknowingly burst. Surgery was the only option but even then, he was
fighting for life.
Colton survived. But several months later, his parents
learned that something did happened during their son’s operation—Colton visited
heaven. Over many months, Colton told of his experience. He was able to describe
things that he could not have known. He met a sister who was miscarried before
he was born. He saw his grandfather who died 30 years earlier. He said he watched his parents pray for him while he
was in surgery. He also described heaven, Jesus and others he saw on his
journey.
Todd Burpo acts as narrator, and often uses Colton’s own
words as he tells his son’s story. Burpo also shares the lessons he and his
wife learned from their young son’s visit to heaven. When asked what he wants
people to know from his story, Colton, now 11, said: “I want them to know
that heaven is real.”
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