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 storey of which was published in her book. The book has been translated in more than 60 countries. David Yonggi Cho additionally 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.