- July 1967- Todd Burpo's grandpa "Pops" dies in a car accident.
- 1982- Todd Burpo, 13 at the time accepts Christs call into ministry, as a preacher of the gospel.
- December 29th, 1990- Todd & Sonja Burpo are married.
- August 16th, 1996- Cassie Burpo, Colton's older sister, is born.
- July 1997- Todd Burpo becomes the pastor of Wesleyan Church in Imperial, Nebraska.
- June 20th, 1998- Sonja Burpo miscarries their second child, 2 months along.
- May 19th, 1999- Colton Burpo is born.
- August 2002- Todd Shatters his leg in a softball tournament game
- October 2002- Todd develops kidney stones.
- November 2002- Todd feels a lump in his chest that is diagnosed as Hyperplasia.
- Febuary 27th, 2003- Colton complains of stomach pains& a high fever, he sickness is misdiagnosed as the flu.
- March 1st, 2003- The Burpo family visits the Denver Butterfly Pavillion to celebrate Todds recovery. That night Colton begins vomiting uncontrollably.
- March 3rd 2003- Colton is examined by a doctor in Imperal, Neraska, who demises the suggestion of appendicitis.
- March 5th 2003- Todd & Sonja check Colton out of the Imperial, Nebraska hospital and take their son by car to North Platte, Nebraska's Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Dr. Timothy O'Holleran prepares for surgery.
- March 5th 2003- Colton undergoes his first surgery, an appendectomy. He has both a ruptured appendix & an abscess.
- March 13th 2003- Colton is discharged form the hospital. But as Todd and Sonja wheel him into the elevator, Dr. O'Holleran shouts down the hallway for them to return. Blood tests reveal Colton's white blood cell count had spiked. A CAT scan reveals 2 more abscesses in his abdomen.
- March 13th 2003- Colton undergoes a second surgery a Celiotomy, to drain the abscess. During the surgery a total of 3 abscesses are found.
- March 17th, 2003- Dr. O'Holleran advises Todd & Sonja that their is nothing more he can do for Colton. He suggests that Colton be transferred to the Denver Childrens Hospital. A blizzard blocks all exits with 2ft of snow. Back home in Imperial, their congregation gathers for a prayer meeting.
- March 18th 2003- The next morning Colton shows amazing sighns of recovery & is soon playing like a normal kid. His CT scan shows no obstruction.
- March 19th 2003- after 7 days, Colton's family returns to Imperial.
- July 3, 2003- While on the way to visit his cousin in South Dakota, Colton tells the first of many accounts of Heaven while parked in an Arby's parking lot
-"Jesus told me I had to be nice" pg. 56
-"Jesus has a cousin" pg. 63
-"Jesus told me his cousin Baptized him" pg. 63
-"John the Baptist was really nice" pg. 63
-"Jesus has a rainbow horse" pg. 63
-"I was in Heaven" pg. 64
-"Jesus has markers" pg. 65
-"brown hair and hair on his face" pg. 65
-"His eyes are so pretty" pg. 65
-"He had purple on" pg. 65
-"His clothes were white" pg. 65
-"Jesus is the only one in Heaven who had purple on" pg. 65
-"gold thing on his head" pg. 65
-"Jesus had read makers on him" pg. 67
-"In Heaven we have Homework" pg. 71
-"lots of kids" pg. 72
-"everbodys got wings" pg. 72
-"everyone looks like angels" pg. 73
-"yellow from here to here" pg. 75
-"people in Heaven wore different colors there than the angels did" pg. 75
-"three minutes" pg. 77
-"Jesus was answering your prayer" pg. 81
-"dad, you had a Grandpa named "Pop" didn't you?" pg. 86
-"Pops really nice" pg. 86
-"Pop has really big wings" pg. 87
-"My wings were really little" pg. 87
-"Pop told me" pg. 88
-"Jesus said he wanted daddy to become a pastor." pg. 91
-"Jesus was really happy." pg. 91
-"no the hair isn't right." pg. 93
-"mommy i have two sisters." pg. 94
-"God adopted her." pg. 95
-"our baby was a girl." pg. 95
-"she can't wait for you and daddy to get to heaven" pg. 96
-"Gods throne" pg. 100
-"God really really loves us" pg. 100
-"Jesus is right next to God" pg. 100
-"thats where the angel Gabriel is." pg. 101
-"I sat by God the Holy Spirit." pg. 102
-"God is three persons." pg. 102
-"The Holy Spirit is blue." pg. 103
-"Jesus really really loves the children." pg. 106
-"Jesus died on the cross so we could go see his dad." pg. 111
-"I get to go back to heaven." pg. 113
| Prince of Peace by Akiane Kramarik |
-"First person you see if Jesus." pg. 119
-"noones old in Heaven." pg. 121
-"nooone wears glasses." pg. 121
-"I've see power shot down to daddy." pg. 125
-"The Holy Spirit showed me." pg. 127
-"I saw satin" pg. 134
-"If you don't go to Heaven you don't get a new body." pg. 136
-"theirs going to be a war." pg. 136
-"dad I watched you, you have to fight to." pg.136
-"You either get a sward or bow and arrow." pg. 138
-"I know dad He said you will" pg. 139
- October 4th 2004- Colby Burpo, Colton's younger brother, is born.
- December 2006- The story of Akiane Kramarik was told on CNN
-"dad that ones right."
- January 28th 2007- First sermon on Coltons experience.
- May 19th 2010- Colton Burpo turns 11 & remains physically healthy.
