Plot #1 Heaven Real

Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent is the story of a family who almost lost a _____, but ended up getting a glimpse of _____.

The Burpo family has been having a difficult year. Todd, the father of the family, is the main wage-earner. He is a _____, and he installs garage doors as a side business to supplement the church income. In one year he battled cancer and _____.

After Todd recovered, he and his wife decided to turn a church conference into a _____.

Right before Todd's wife, Sonja drives the kids to meet their father on vacation, their three-year-old son, Colton shows signs of illness. Fortunately, he quickly gets better so they are able to travel. Unfortunately, he becomes ill again on the trip, and things get worse _____. The boy can't stop _____ and he soon becomes listless.

The family rushes home to obtain medical care for the young boy, but he keeps getting worse. After seeing several doctors, they determine that his _____has ruptured and toxins are seeping through his system. The boy is at death's door when his parents leave him when he is wheeled off for _____.

His little body is riddled with infection and his body doesn't functioning properly. He is ill to a point where they are going to send him to _____. A storm hinders their travels.

After a few setbacks, Colton has a _____.

The family is celebrating his life as they drive to visit relatives a few _____ after his recovery. He begins to make some strange statements, and the family eventually realizes that the boy had been given a glimpse of heaven while he was in surgery.

The family is celebrating his life as they drive to visit relatives a few _____ after his recovery. He begins to make some strange statements, and the family eventually realizes that the boy had been given a glimpse of _____ while he was in surgery.

At first the parents can't believe that their son has seen _____, but as months and years drag on, Colton continued telling them things about Jesus, God, and heaven that he couldn't possibly have known _____.

Their son describes the heavenly thrones, the triune God, and angels. Colton says he met a ______ he never knew he had. It was a child that Sonja had _____. He even knew all about Pop, Todd's grandfather, who had _____.

Todd is amazed at how the young boy's descriptions match up with passages from the _____ that the child knew nothing about.

At one point Colton even identifies a painting of Jesus that he says is _____. It is a painting done by a girl who started having visions of heaven when she was four.

The family starts sharing Colton's story _____ after the event. They find that it helps people.

By the end of the book, the boy is _____ years old. He would talk about heaven every once in a while, but _____.