She went on to Michigan to attend Journey to the Heart, but when she returned she learned that her family had met the young man, Brandon Keilen, and he had made an impression on them too. While there, she saw a young man helping an older man walk in the snow, and was impressed by the man's kindness. Shortly after her nineteenth birthday, Michaela traveled to Chicago, IL, with her family. See also: Michael Bates and Brandon Keilen wedding Courtship Michaela with her Journey to the Heart group in 2009 Michaela's legal name is currently "Michael Christan Keilen". Legal documents, including her publicly verifiable EMT license, list it as "Christan". Additionally, her middle name has been debated between "Christian" and "Christan", with a lack of consistency from official sources. At some point as an adult, she changed the spelling of her nickname to "Michaela", as indicated on her personal website. When she was about five or six years old, Michael was unhappy with having what she considered a boy's name, so she began going by the nickname "Michaella". When Michaela was still an infant, her parents legally changed the spelling of her name from "Michal" to "Michael" after deciding they were unhappy with the connotations that the Biblical name carried.
She and her siblings grew up as active participants of the Institute of Basic Life Principals, and regularly attended the yearly Advanced Training Institute conferences in Big Sandy, TX. Childhood EducationĪlong with her siblings, Michaela was homeschooled growing up. Growing up, she dreamed of love, marriage, and a family, and would often pray for her future spouse. Īt fifteen years old, Michael became a Christian. Growing up, Michaela was responsible for doing the family's laundry. At some point, she also began making modest swimsuits for her family as well. Michaela learned to sew as a child, and by the time she was a teenager she made many of her family's dresses. Michaela and two of her sisters wearing dresses she made She was the couple's second child, and they went on to have seventeen more children after her. Michal Christan Bates was born on January 23, 1990, to Gil Bates and Kelly Jo Callaham.
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