0:00:00.521,0:00:02.769 How many ears do you have? 0:00:02.769,0:00:03.770 Two! 0:00:03.770,0:00:05.769 How many ears do you need? 0:00:05.769,0:00:07.503 That's a trickier question. 0:00:07.503,0:00:11.802 Of course, a boy or a girl[br]can hear with only one ear. 0:00:11.802,0:00:15.985 Ales was born in Belarus[br]with hearing in only one ear. 0:00:15.985,0:00:18.407 Ales was born a month early. 0:00:18.407,0:00:20.772 He didn't weigh as much as other babies. 0:00:20.772,0:00:22.568 When he was three months old, 0:00:22.568,0:00:25.118 his mother took him to a doctor for tests. 0:00:25.118,0:00:27.252 During those tests, the doctor found 0:00:27.252,0:00:30.802 that Ales could only hear with one ear. 0:00:30.802,0:00:32.836 Ales' mother was shocked. 0:00:32.836,0:00:34.823 She worked with children who were deaf. 0:00:34.823,0:00:38.791 She loved them just as much[br]as she loved children who could hear. 0:00:38.791,0:00:41.753 But she never imagined that her own child 0:00:41.753,0:00:45.187 wouldn't be able to hear with two ears. 0:00:45.187,0:00:48.219 She thought that the doctor[br]must have made a mistake. 0:00:48.219,0:00:50.902 Because she worked[br]with children who couldn't hear, 0:00:50.902,0:00:53.840 she also knew how to run hearing tests. 0:00:54.022,0:00:57.629 So, she ran a hearing test on little Ales. 0:00:57.629,0:01:01.811 The tests showed that Ales[br]really couldn't hear with both ears. 0:01:02.152,0:01:05.154 But Ales' mother[br]still didn't want to believe it. 0:01:05.154,0:01:06.981 She took him to a special hospital 0:01:06.981,0:01:09.114 for children with hearing difficulties. 0:01:09.291,0:01:11.124 The doctor ran his own test. 0:01:11.124,0:01:13.836 Ales' mother watched[br]the tests on a monitor. 0:01:13.836,0:01:16.310 She saw deep inside Ales' ears. 0:01:16.586,0:01:19.660 One ear looked normal; [br]the other one didn't. 0:01:19.902,0:01:22.620 She saw that nothing[br]could be done to help. 0:01:22.836,0:01:24.319 She began to cry. 0:01:24.718,0:01:27.900 The doctor, however, [br]didn't want to see her tears. 0:01:28.177,0:01:30.720 "Why are you crying?" he said, gruffly. 0:01:30.720,0:01:33.902 "Your son can hear with one ear, [br]and that's enough." 0:01:34.049,0:01:36.945 Back home, Ales' mother cried and cried. 0:01:36.945,0:01:38.578 Then she talked to God. 0:01:38.885,0:01:41.827 "Why did You allow this to happen?"[br]she asked. 0:01:42.053,0:01:45.078 After a while, she turned on[br]some music on her phone. 0:01:45.197,0:01:47.309 A beautiful hymn started playing. 0:01:47.309,0:01:50.736 It was called, "Nearer, My God, to Thee." 0:01:50.736,0:01:54.877 Ales' mother had heard the hymn[br]many times since she was a little girl. 0:01:54.877,0:01:57.211 But for the first time, she understood 0:01:57.211,0:01:59.747 that God really was near her. 0:01:59.930,0:02:02.734 It felt good to know that God was near. 0:02:02.927,0:02:04.640 But she still didn't want to believe 0:02:04.640,0:02:06.958 that Ales would never hear with one ear. 0:02:07.777,0:02:09.732 She kept on talking to God. 0:02:09.732,0:02:12.379 "You can do anything," she said. 0:02:12.379,0:02:15.470 "If You gave life to my son[br]with only one ear, 0:02:15.470,0:02:19.260 You could heal him[br]and give him life with two ears." 0:02:19.737,0:02:22.900 Three months passed, [br]and Ales' father had a birthday. 0:02:22.900,0:02:24.852 He didn't want a cake for his birthday. 0:02:24.852,0:02:26.555 He didn't want any presents. 0:02:26.555,0:02:29.755 He only wanted Ales[br]to hear with both ears. 0:02:30.204,0:02:32.600 "Our son will hear," he said. 0:02:32.600,0:02:35.664 "God will do this as a gift[br]for my birthday." 0:02:36.090,0:02:38.601 They prayed and took Ales to the hospital 0:02:38.601,0:02:40.319 for another hearing test. 0:02:40.550,0:02:43.223 There was nowhere to sit[br]while they waited. 0:02:43.223,0:02:45.497 Ales' mother carried him in her arms, 0:02:45.497,0:02:46.995 and he felt so heavy. 0:02:46.995,0:02:48.938 Finally, the doctor called them in. 0:02:48.938,0:02:50.776 When he finished the test, he said, 0:02:50.776,0:02:53.811 "Your son can hear perfectly[br]with both ears!" 0:02:54.840,0:02:57.769 Ales' mother couldn't believe her ears. 0:02:57.769,0:02:59.637 She was so happy. 0:02:59.637,0:03:02.812 "This is a miracle of God!" she exclaimed. 0:03:02.812,0:03:05.097 Indeed, it was a miracle. 0:03:05.097,0:03:08.299 Ales' mother had seen[br]inside his ears on the monitor 0:03:08.299,0:03:09.753 three months earlier. 0:03:09.753,0:03:12.641 She had seen[br]that no doctor could help Ales. 0:03:12.641,0:03:15.187 But the Great Physician, Jesus Christ, 0:03:15.187,0:03:16.436 had healed her boy, 0:03:16.436,0:03:19.461 and now he could hear with both ears. 0:03:19.461,0:03:22.670 Ales' father wept with joy at the news. 0:03:22.670,0:03:24.869 He was so happy that God had given him 0:03:24.869,0:03:27.687 such a wonderful gift on his birthday. 0:03:28.290,0:03:30.842 Today, Ales is six years old, 0:03:30.842,0:03:33.857 and he can hear perfectly well[br]with both ears. 0:03:33.857,0:03:36.502 He uses his ears to learn Bible verses. 0:03:36.502,0:03:39.171 He uses his ears to learn songs. 0:03:39.171,0:03:42.854 He would like to use his ears[br]to learn to become a doctor 0:03:42.854,0:03:45.155 and to help other boys and girls. 0:03:45.560,0:03:49.849 He knows that his hearing[br]is a gift from God.