What does Colton tell his father, Pastor Todd Burpo, about his trip to Heaven? Who did Colton meet while in Heaven? Why doesn’t Pastor Todd think his son is making it all up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Heaven Is for Real, <\/em>young Colton tells his father, Pastor Todd Burpo, about his experiences in Heaven. Colton claims to have met his grandfather, “Pop” and his unborn sister who had passed away in the womb. Todd hadn’t told Colton about either of these relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Continue on to learn what Colton told Pastor Todd Burpo about his meetings in Heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n In the months and years following Colton\u2019s initial revelations about his trip to heaven, the young boy slowly revealed more information about his experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In August 2003, Colton and pastor Todd Burpo were on a road trip to a nearby town when Colton suddenly asked whether Todd had a grandfather named \u201cPop.\u201d Pastor Todd Burpo replied that he did\u2014Pop had been his maternal grandfather. He\u2019d passed away in a car accident when Todd was a small child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Colton responded by saying that Pop was very nice. This struck Todd as unusual: How did Colton know that Pop was nice? Why was he speaking as if he knew him, when Pop had died decades before Colton\u2019s birth? Pastor Todd Burpo quickly concluded that Colton must have met Pop while in heaven and asked his son whether this was the case. <\/strong>Colton responded that it was, and that while speaking to Pop, he\u2019d learned that Todd and Pop had been close\u2014which was true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pastor Todd Burpo was blown away by this latest revelation, which seemed to confirm that we\u2019re reunited with our late relatives in the afterlife. He wanted to assess whether Colton\u2019s claim was true or not, so he asked Colton what Pop had looked like. Colton was evasive, only stating that Pop had large wings and was wearing white with a blue \u201cstripe\u201d across his body (which, again, Todd presumed to be a sash).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some months after Colton first mentioned seeing Pop, Todd once again contemplated what Pop had looked like in heaven. Had Pop been old\u2014as Todd remembered him\u2014or his younger self? Todd decided to approach Colton to find out the answer to this question. Colton responded that Pop had been his younger self because nobody was old in heaven.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Interestingly, when shown a picture of Pop as an older man, Colton didn\u2019t recognize him. However, when shown a photo of Pop as a younger man, he recognized him immediately. Todd saw this as proof that Colton must have met the \u201cyounger\u201d Pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The day after Colton revealed that he met Pop, Todd\u2019s mother visited the family. After hearing about Colton\u2019s most recent revelations, she asked her grandson whether Jesus had mentioned how Todd became a pastor. Colton responded that Jesus had: He\u2019d described reaching out to Todd and telling him that it was his purpose to become a pastor.<\/strong> When Todd had agreed, Jesus had been thrilled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Todd was astounded: The event that Colton was describing had<\/em> happened, and Todd remembered it in detail\u2014although he\u2019d never told Colton about it. When he was 13 years old, he\u2019d attended a youth camp and listened to a pastor speak about how God calls people to do his work. The pastor had mentioned that God could call kids, too\u2014and at that moment, Todd had felt someone or something telling him that he should be a pastor. He\u2019d known in his heart that this was God or Jesus calling him, and Colton had just confirmed that.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n One evening in October 2003, Colton stated out of the blue that he had two sisters: Cassie, and another. At first, Colton\u2019s parents thought he might be confused: Perhaps he\u2019d started to see his cousin, Traci, as a sister-like figure? However, Colton dismissed this notion. He insisted that he had a second sister\u2014one who\u2019d died in the womb.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nColton Reveals His Heavenly Experience<\/strong> to Pastor Todd Burpo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Colton Describes Meeting \u201cPop\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What <\/strong>Did <\/em><\/strong>Pop Look Like?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Colton Describes Todd Becoming a Pastor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Colton Describes Meeting His Late Sister<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n