honorific_prefix native_name_lang death_date children nationality ethnicity notableworks name language spouse article_title birth_name occupation
sister ko april 13 , 2013 -lrb- aged 74 -rrb- 2 korean-american korean '' heaven is so real ! '' choo nam thomas english roger thomas choo thomas
 choo nam housewife , writer
choo thomas

sister choo nam thomas was a korean american and an author of the best selling book called `` heaven is so real ! ''
in 1992 , she became a protestant christian and two years later she claimed to have seen jesus christ at her church neighborhood assembly of god in tacoma , washington .
in 1996 , she stated that she was taken to heaven , the story of which was published in her book .
the book has been translated in more than 60 countries .
david yonggi cho also helped with this book 's translation work .
many readers have stated that their faith have been impacted by reading her book or by watching her video of the book .
