God, Aliens, and Other Stuff

Kaitee Lusk used to live in Citrus Heights, California, my present city of residence. I found out about her through Rick Defer, a Sacramento man who got my attention with his own miraculous story. You can read about his inspiring NDE here . Kaitee's daughter accepted Christ at the age of 2 1/2. Heather attended the same High School as my two boys, and like my eldest, she was valedictorian of her class. I never met Kaitee in person, but I have spoken to her by phone and corresponded with her. The story below can be found in her book, Eternal Makeovers, (Redemption Press, 2014). Kaitee's adventure began in July, 1989, with a coveted invitation to a Christian conference ( Lausanne II), in Manila. Flight arrangements were made to come and go by way of Korea. Before the trip, her pastor's secretary made a joke about Kaitee stopping in Hawaii on the way home to see the Philippine's President, Ferdinand Marcos. He was ill and in a hospital there. Kaitee joked back that ...