We are gonna have a boy!

Baby Boy:
We were so excited to find out yesterday that we are going to have a baby boy arriving in mid-october! His due date is October 16th and we will be nameing him Asher Malachi. Asher means "to smile/happiness" and Malachi means "Messenger of God". We were a bit shocked to find out a few months ago that I was pregnant again, but as the time gets closer and things are a bit less overwhelming with Shiloh, we are really getting excited about our little guy!
Please pray that he will continue to stay healthy and grow and that I won't have as many contractions so early on. (I'm 21 weeks along now)

Shiloh:
Shiloh is now 10 months old (everyone told me time would fly and it definitely has) and still brings so much joy to Malachi and I! She is now crawling everywhere and is attempting to walk and climb whenever she can get something to hang onto. She still has an instant smile, which we love as it just brightens up the day. Shiloh can now say "dada", "mama", and "mmm mmm"(more food, please) and has a constant little baby babble throughout the day.
Please pray for us as we continue to train her that we will have patience, wisdom, and consistency. Also, Shiloh seems to have some allergy and eczema problems. We have not been able to track down any triggers for her discomforts yet, so hopefully we can figure those soon to giver her some relief. Besides that, she is a very healthy and happy baby, so we are very thankful!

Moving, Again?!?
Yes, we have just moved once again. We are now (as of this week) living in the tiny town of Casnovia, Michigan. Its about 7 miles from our old house, so we are now even closer to family and our church. We were planning on going to Missouri to finish our training with New Tribes Mission this August, however we had a change of plans. Malachi met with the leadership of our church here at Kent City Baptist and they highly recommended that we stay in the area for 1 more year. They thought it would be best for our family with having another baby coming so soon and for us to continue to have more time to build relationships with the people at our church. They also would really like to see Malachi get some more teaching experience and to really develop that skill. Since we've been here he has done quite a bit of teaching, but mostly just for the kids and hasn't been able to teach the adults (mostly my fault, he pulled out of a lot when I was first pregnant because the morning sickness was so bad).

Please continue to pray for our family with the new adjustments to moving (including all the remodeling that needs done before we can unpack), as we train our children, and that we will use our time wisely.
Love,
The Pratts: Mac, Kara, Shiloh, and baby Asher