Even after two miscarriages, Mike and Melissa believed God would give them a child. They made an appointment with a fertility doctor, but days before their appointment, they were given a message.
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VOICEOVER: It had only been
a month since the honeymoon
when Melissa and Mike Heimbach
learned she was pregnant.
We had both always
wanted big families.
We had just decided
whenever we could,
we weren't going to wait.
And we were hoping to
get pregnant right away.
We're just so excited.
VOICEOVER: But at
seven weeks, Melissa
started bleeding heavily.
So I went to--
I went to the
emergency room and they
confirmed that there
wasn't any heartbeat.
Right away when a
mother conceives,
you just get this attachment
to that baby and that baby
is instantly yours.
VOICEOVER: They got
pregnant a second time.
But a routine
ultrasound at 14 weeks
showed she had miscarried again.
It was really tough.
The second one was especially
hard because I had made so far
and I was showing.
And we were going to
find out the gender
and I thought we were
all in the clear.
We've learned a
lot, grown a lot.
Especially all the stuff
that soon in our marriage.
It brings you together.
VOICEOVER: Refusing to
give up on their dream,
the couple kept trying to get
pregnant but were unable to.
I guess that once you
go through these things
you wonder if it is
ever going to happen.
I would just ask Him why and
just help me go through it.
But I still didn't
doubt His plan for us.
VOICEOVER: Even
after two more years,
they believed God would
give them a child.
It just comes down
to choosing to believe.
And I think just keeping
perspective on that, you know,
that God's in control,
I'm not in control.
I knew God was going
to provide, either way
through adoption, we
both had hearts for kids
if we were going to adopt
or go through some kind
of medical intervention.
But yeah, we are both just open
to whatever the Lord had to do.
It was hard.
VOICEOVER: After much
prayer and consideration,
they decided to make an
appointment with the fertility
doctor.
We had just discussed
leading up to that point
that we were both
ready to do whatever
it took to have a baby.
VOICEOVER: To lift her spirits,
Melissa watched "The 700 Club."
It was such an
encouragement to me
to build me up to
go and work and hear
these amazing Christian
stories and these miracles
and words of knowledge that
I had never heard of before.
VOICEOVER: Just days before her
doctor's appointment Melissa
was watching this show when
Gordon and Wendy started
praying.
There's couples and you've
just been crying out for a baby
and you're having
infertility problems.
Just put your hand
right now, the ladies,
put your hand right
now on your belly.
God is healing those issues
right now in your uterus,
in Jesus' name.
But I think I was just kind
of watching in disbelief,
like, oh my goodness,
she's saying it.
She's saying my problem.
And so I just kind of
like looked around,
even though I was by myself.
I think that's for me.
VOICEOVER: The next day, Melissa
canceled her appointment.
She was pregnant
within the month.
It was just incredible.
I mean, you just can't explain--
it's just so exciting
to know that you're
going to have a baby.
VOICEOVER: On October 14, 2014,
they welcome their son Gabriel
into their family.
So when he came out,
he came out screaming.
That miracle baby
came out with a fight
and he came out
with God's fight.
And it was just so
exciting because he
was all we had ever waited for.
And especially your
first one, you just
have no idea that you
can love a baby so much.
So we were just so
excited and elated.
VOICEOVER: Today,
Mike and Melissa
have two healthy boys and a
daily reminder of a loving God.
I just see how much God
loves me and God loves people
and how He heals and He
hears us when we pray.
And I just look at
those boys and I
think, man, God is beautiful.