The Perfecting Family Meets the Perfect God

By Raphael Glover

The Traviasos are a family trying to pursue perfection in a regular society. Joshua, the son, is interested in knowing more about God through the means of his familys content lifestyle. David, the father, personally feels that knowing God is not a big factor because they are doing very well without him. The family has to deal with a highly unfavorable situation. The pursuit of the family eventually opens up to God as he leads them to a better understanding of life and reasoning behind the agony the family had to encounter.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503548756

Raphael Glover

Shortly after high school, Raphael pursued emergency medical technician training (EMT school) while also taking machining courses to land his current position as a manufacturing technician. Raphael has been in this field for fifteen years. He has recently decided to go back to school and pursue his business degree at the University of Cincinnati. Raphael has ghostwritten for a few other projects and decided to enhance his own material by having his first novel published. He is blessed with a large extended family and two beautiful kids.

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Copyright © 2015 by Raphael Glover.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2015911506

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5035-4874-9

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Rev. date: 08/31/2015

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dedicate this novelette to my younger sister April Denise Glover, who passed away in 2012. She will always be remembered by a plethora of family and friends. I’m sure she is looking down, smiling, for in her heart she knew her life on earth was complete. Also, I would like to acknowledge my parents, John and Tina Glover, for their diligence in Christianity and for inspiring others.

Why I Wrote This Novel

I wrote this book to help encourage and inspire others to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Even through submission to Him, we will still encounter anguished times, but God doesn’t make mistakes. He gives us the freedom of choice. If we can make the right choices within him, we can have everlasting life.

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small town in Liberty, Missouri there was a man named David Traviaso, whom loved his family very dearly. David worked at a steel mill for twenty years. He and his wife, Linda, had two beautiful kids named Joshua and April. Dave was a hardworking family man who would do anything to please his wife and kids.

Linda was a dental hygienist at a dental clinic in the town where they lived. Linda’s job was right down the street from their house. Dave’s job was further outside of town in Franklin County, and it could take him an hour and a half to two hours to get home, depending on traffic.

Their eldest child, Joshua, was a fourteen-year-old freshman and was ranked at the top of his class at a highly competitive school called International Academy. Joshua’s little sister, April, was twelve and was also very bright. Her teacher wanted her to possibly skip eighth grade and go straight to ninth next year because of her high proficiency test scores.

The members of this family were perfect, law-abiding citizens. Mom and dad worked Monday through Friday. The kids went to school, earned wonderful grades, and came home to a happy household. The kids had beautiful relationships with their parents, and Dave and Linda had a great relationship with each other as well.

One evening, the family was sitting at the dinner table eating supper. Everything was going well, as usual; they were joking and talking about work, school, and future vacations. It was a regular evening at the Traviasos’s house.

Joshua finished his dinner first and asked his mom and dad if he could share something with