My Son Johnny Author:John Edmund Haggai John Edmund Haggai, Jr. died in 1975. No one had expected such a terribly 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 Johnny's story. Christine Barker Hagg... more »ai had so much love for her son that her crushing task became a channel of God's grace. Her unshakeable faith drew from him responses other people thought impossible. Her patience with him was as tender at the end as at the begining. This is her story, too.
John Edmund Haggai expresses love and admiration for his wife as he tells the story of their son, Johnny. He is convinced that from the prison of an inadequate body, Johnny's spirit interceded powerfully for the Haggai Institute's ministry to the Third World. For those who suffer or must watch others suffer, this book speaks of God's sovereignty and of persevering prayer. Through it Johnny and Johnny's mother also speak -- of receiving the gift of Life and of bringing that gift to another human being.« less