Don Piper

Don Piper is a Baptist minister living outside Houston, Texas. Don is married to Eva, and the couple have three children: Nicole, Christopher and Joseph. Don is an active, healthy man who enjoys his work and loves spending time with his family. A large part of that life is changed on January 18, 1989, when Don's small Ford Focus is struck by an eighteen-wheeler and crushed against the railing of a bridge. Don dies in the accident. Paramedics arrive on the scene, pronounce Don dead, cover his car with a tarp and move on to assist other crash victims.

Don is dead for ninety minutes before he comes back to life. During those ninety minutes, Don is in heaven surrounded by family, friends, glorious music and a brilliant luminescence. Don is a physical reminder of answered prayer. A Baptist preacher arrives on the accident scene and prays that Don...