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Waukee, Iowa • God will come and heal the land and bring "a new day to the country," presidential candidate Michele Bachmann told a congregation at an evangelical Christian church in Waukee, Iowa, Sunday morning.

Bachmann shared several personal stories , about her own spiritual awakening and how a miscarriage became part of the reason she wanted to care for children who had known brokenness.

A congresswoman who has represented Minnesota for four years, Bachmann is on the second day of a new bus tour, in a full-size coach emblazoned with her name.

She is spending Sunday on the campaign trail, giving speeches at Point of Grace Church, followed by events at the Pizza Ranch and the Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor & Museum.

Her speech at the church was similar to one she gave in Pella, Iowa, during a Family Leader presidential lecture series in April. But on Sunday, she didn't urge the church-goers to come to the straw poll this summer, nor did she mention the Iowa caucuses, or the president, or even the word "Republican."

Instead, her 21-minute talk focused on God, as well has her personal history.

Bachmann, a religious conservative who is firmly opposed to all abortions and to gay marriage, seemed very comfortable in the pulpit position, among a crowd of believers whose faith is similar to her own.

She praised the congregants for being at worship there, saying "I wish every Iowan could be here in this auditorium this morning."

She noted that the church members had a replica painting of "Prayer at Valley Forge" in the lobby, the same image of a kneeling, battle-ready George Washington that Bachmann has in her office in Washington, D.C.

"We too are at a crucial time today. And I think it is for us to remember, that if we do as Chronicles tells us, if we humble ourselves, and pray and confess our sins, and turn away from our wicked ways, and ask an almighty God to come and protect us and fight the battle for us, we know from his word, his promise is sure. He will come. He will heal our land. And we will have a new day."

God is not partial, she said.

Bachmann said that the day after high school graduation, she and 16 other youths went to a kibbutz in Israel to see "where it all began."

"And I want you to know that I stand with Israel," she said, to loud applause.

She also mentioned a miscarriage she had after her first two children were born — an experience she first mentioned on the campaign trail last week in South Carolina.

"I became pregnant with our third baby, and it was unexpected, but of course we were thrilled to have this baby," she said.

She miscarried about three months into the pregnancy, she said.

"I'd never known anyone who'd had a miscarriage. And it was a profound experience for both of us. It changed us."

At that moment, she and husband, Marcus, prayed and said they would accept as many children into their lives as God wished, she said. They went on to have three more biological children and accepted 23 foster children into their home, she said.