An Amish Awakening: a tenderhearted sojourn to Heaven and back

In the book An Amish Awakening, the recounting of Mark Paul Troyer’s going to Heaven experience is the centerpiece of this captivating true story.

Yet his life prior to this event is correspondingly as fascinating. Including his first-person insights into growing up Amish, facing family tragedy, and his inner turmoil regarding the meaning of being Amish. Along with his time of rebellion. While the aftermath of his journey to Heaven courses unpredictably amid victory and lament. With plot twists, unequaled even in works of fiction.

Mark was born Amish. As an adult working in a factory one day, as he puts it, It was just like a whirlwind caught me up, whirling me away from where I was. And then he continues, Just as quickly, I came out of this sensation of being in a whirlwind. And the first thing I saw in the distance was Jesus Christ, coming towards me.

Churches filled up. Crowds gathered when they found out Mark would be speaking at an Amish person’s barn, a simple workshop, or at a widow’s home. And countless people dropped by his home unannounced. They wanted to hear his story.

This is the true story of Mark Paul Troyer. Yes, it’s the story everyone wanted to hear. And the book: An Amish Awakening, is Mark’s life-his remarkable life-story. An Amish story like no other. A story like no other!