Do only special people get to go to heaven?

“I look forward to seeing Abraham in heaven some day” was my response to one of my students.  She then asked me the question, “Do only special people get to go to heaven?”  Oh what a joy to share with her that heaven was a place for her too as she read for the first time John 3:16:

God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

This is a student that wants to meet together twice a week — as she is so hungry to learn!