We've Graduated!

This past Saturday we graduated from New Tribes Bible Institute, 2 years of intensely studying God's Word and also completing the first phase of our training to go with New Tribes Mission. We've had the privilege of studying through almost the entire Bible (there were a few electives that we we did not have the time to take).

So you may be wondering what we will be doing next? Our deans and the leadership at school have recommended that we take some time off to grow as a family before we head on to the Missions Training Institute in either Missouri or Canada. So we are going to be taking 1-2 years off from training. We are going to be moving to Grand Rapids during that time and are hoping to be able to save up some money for MTC as well as work on tracking down some health issues that could become a problem when we move overseas. We are looking forward to the time that we will have around our family and also our church in Kent City.

Right now we are staying in Indiana with Karalise's family for the week while Malachi does some work for some for some friends. Next week we will be heading for Grand Rapids, Michigan where we will be staying with Malachi's family until we can find a house. Malachi has some part-time work lined up for when we get there, but please pray that he will be able to find full-time work and an apartment.

Our baby continues to be growing and she is due in eight weeks so we are so excited to be able to meet her. She is around 3-3.5 pounds right now and continues to be very active, causing quite a bit of entertainment as we watch my belly.

Thanks for your prayers!

~the Pratts

We are graduating!

It seems that it was only just a few months ago that we arrived here at New Tribes Bible Institute to begin our two years of an in depth study of God's Word. However hard they may have been, the past two years have flown by and it seems there have also been quite a few changes along the way. We have learned so much in God's Word, yet we see we still have so much to learn. We have built some great friendships with fellow students and staff here at NTBI, and also with many people at our church in Albion. We have now been married two years (rather than just a few months), we have a baby girl on the way, and we have learned to live quite easily without running water in our little apartment. We are excited to see some of the changes that we will have in the coming years.

We graduate from NTBI this Saturday and after that we are looking to move to the Grand Rapids, MI area for the next 1-2 years as we learn how to be parents, work to save up for our next stage of training, and also hope to spend time with our family and at Kent City Baptist Church. The Leadership team here at the school thinks it would be best for us to take this time to just grow as a family before we go on with New Tribes Mission. Please pray that the Lord would provide both work and housing for us as those are still a bit up in the air.

If you would like to come to our graduation it is at 11:00am on Saturday and the address is:
Grace Church
2692 Dettman Rd
Jackson, MI 49201.
There will be a cake and punch reception for all the students back at the school after the ceremony.

Thanks so much for all your prayers and encouragement!
Malachi, Karalise, and Baby Girl Pratt