My son Johnny

My son Johnny by John Edmund Haggai. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780842346474.

John Edmund Haggai, Jr. died in 1975. No one had expected sucha tyerribly brain-damaged baby to survive. Refusing to "put him in an institution," his mother poured her life into caring for him. After twenty-four long years, Johnny still had to be fed and could utter only two syllables. this is Johnnys story. Christine Barker Haggi had so much lvoe for her son that her crushing task became a channel of Gods grace. Her unshakable faith dreq from him responses other people thought impossible. Her patience with him was as tended at the end as at the begining. This is her story, too. John Edmund Haggi expresses love and admiration for his wife as he tells the story of their son, Johnny. He is conviced that from the prison of an inadequate body, Johnnys spirit interceded powerfully for the Haggi Institutes ministry to the Third World. For those who suffer or must watch others suffer, this book speakas of Gods sovereignty and of persevering prayer. Through it Johnny and Johnnys mother also speak - of receiving the gift of Life and of bringing that gift to another human being.