Micah's Story: Our God is Faithful

Micah's story actually starts long before his date of birth on April 9th, 2011.

Michael and I got married on March 8, 2003 and from the start we knew that we would have a hard time having children, but we also felt that God had told us we would have children one day and He is ALWAYS faithful! A year after getting married, we moved to North Carolina so that Michael could go to Southeastern Seminary. We continued praying for children and after 4 years of marriage and praying, and still no children, we decided to go to a doctor to see what the problem was. The doctor put us on fertility medication for several months but that didn't work. I have to admit that at this time I was consumed with getting pregnant. This was not a healthy thing for me, or anyone, and I knew I had to give my desire of getting pregnant to the Lord. I knew I needed to truly trust Him and His timing instead of being so set on making it happen in my own timing.

A few months later (June 2007), we found out I was expecting (without the help of fertility medication). Because we had prayed for 4 years for this child, the LAST thing on our mind was the possibility that I could have a miscarriage. But, that's exactly what happened a few weeks later (August 2007). The next few weeks after the miscarriage were rough on me physically. I ended up having to have 2 D&Cs two weeks apart and ended up on bedrest right after the second D&C because I had an upper respiratory infection and bronchitis. But, spiritually, Michael and I were at peace. We truly felt God's presence in the midst of the pain from losing our child. Yes, it hurt and was probably one of the hardest things we've experienced so far, but we still knew that God had promised that one day we would have children and He always keeps His promises!

The very next year, (June 2008) we moved back to Valdosta, Ga for Michael to be the Youth Pastor at CrossPointe Church. We spent the next three years focused on diving into the ministry, building a house, renovating an old Winn Dixie so that CrossPointe could have a new building, and just enjoying the journey that God had us own. But, we still kept praying and trusting that God would give us a child.

This past July (2010), I went to see another doctor. Being 30 at the time, we felt that it was time to see another doctor to see if we could find out why we were still struggling to have children. After almost 8 years of praying for a child and visits to several doctors, we finally found out that I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. My doctor put me on medication (which happened to be the same medication that my old doctor had put me on) and wanted to wait a month to see if it would have any affect on me. Even though we were still praying for a child, we didn't give much thought to the medication because it hadn't worked in the past.

During this time, (August 15th to be exact, which was the day that Michael was officially no longer the Youth Pastor but now the Executive Pastor at CrossPointe, and exactly 3 years since the miscarriage) we were approached by someone about adoption. We had prayed about adoption many times and we have always felt that this is something God is leading us towards one day. But, as soon as this opportunity opened up, God closed that door because the couple decided to keep the baby instead of giving it up for adoption.

That Wednesday, I had to go in to have blood drawn to see if the medication was working and on that Friday, August 20th, I got a call from the nurse at my doctor's office. I let it go to voicemail because I was at work, but I called back during my planning period that morning. The nurse proceeded to tell me that the medication had worked and then she paused briefly before saying I was pregnant. I was completely shocked and couldn't stop shaking. I told Michael over lunch that day but we didn't want to tell anyone else until we had an ultrasound to make sure everything was fine, which it was. We still waited until I was 12 weeks before sharing our exciting news with everyone (although we had told family and close friends by this point so that they could be praying for us).

I was pretty nervous at the beginning of the pregnancy because of the previous miscarriage, but quickly had to give those fears over to the Lord and sit back and just enjoy the pregnancy. I wasn't sick at all during those nine months, just extremely exhausted. The pregnancy flew by way too quickly and on April 9, 2011 (exactly three weeks before my due date), Micah Ethan was finally here......an answer to prayer and proof that our God is faithful!!