Ten-year-old Maria lived in a village in central Chile. When her mother died she became ‘mother of the house’, caring for her father who worked the nightshift at a local mine. One evening as she was packing his lunch box, she slipped a Gospel booklet inside that she’d received from a missionary worker, hoping he’d find comfort after the loss of his wife. Suddenly at 1:00 a.m. an emergency whistle sounded, calling the towns-people to come with shovels and help dig for miners caught in a cave-in. Emergency crews worked through the night and finally broke through to a small cavern where they found the miners. Sadly, they were too late. All eight men had suffocated. The rescuers were devastated. As they surveyed the scene, they noticed that the men had died seated in a circle. Looking closer they discovered that Maria’s father was sitting with a small booklet on his lap, open at the last page where the plan of salvation was clearly explained. On that page Maria’s father had written her a special message: ‘My dear Maria, by the time you read this, I’ll be with your mother. I read your little book, then I read it several times to the others while we waited to be rescued. Our hope is fading for this life - but not for the next. We did as the book told us and prayed, asking Jesus into our hearts. I love you very much, and one day soon we will all be together in heaven.” Are you going to heaven too?