My Wife Went to Heaven So I Wouldn't Go to Hell!

About this book

What happens when a hard-living ironworker cries out to a God he doesn't know-and God answers?At thirty, Dick Bernal was divorced, drinking, drifting, and afraid he was becoming the man whose choices had wounded his family. On a dark Utah mountainside, he offered a desperate prayer for help.Two years later, ten days after the birth of their daughter, Carla suffered a catastrophic hemorrhage. As Dick raced to the hospital, he pleaded with God to save her and promised to do whatever God asked. Carla survived. She later described leaving her body, being drawn toward extraordinary light and peace, and being told it was not her time because she and Dick still had work to do.That crisis sent Dick searching for God. With candor, humor, and rough edges, he recounts his journey from barrooms and ironwork to salvation, Bible school, and a call to preach. Dick and Carla eventually founded Jubilee Christian Center, which grew from fourteen people to nearly 22,000 members.My Wife Went to Heaven So I Wouldn't Go to Hell! is a true, hope-filled story of grace, marriage, answered prayer, miracles, calling, and surrender-a reminder that no one is beyond God's reach.