Our Ever Changing Talo!

"I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?" Jeremiah 32:26

Our son is ever changing and we are amazed at God's work in him. From the first pictures of him at 25lbs with just such sadness in his eyes, we now see a joyful little guy who is up to 30lbs. Goodbye to the 2T clothes we had bought and hello 3T! He may be way too short at 32 inches for the 3T but our little man is gaining weight quickly and we are overjoyed to be buying bigger clothes!

As you can also see it looks like they gave Talo a haircut! I was so sad to see his curls gone, I loved them so much! But it will grow back and we can't wait to see it grow in even healthier than before. This is something else we read in our update and I know you will be blessed by it.
"He is so sweet! He smiles a lot. He has become very active and sociable. He likes to run and wrestle with the kids. He has a nick name, Alazar (Lazarus in English). He likes it when the nannies call him Alazar. They gave him this name because he was so thin and sick when he comes to the Transitional home but now he is fat and healthy so they say God has raised him from the dead like Lazarus in the Bible."
Isn't God just truly amazing, that He would chose to place Talo in our home just blows my mind. We are so grateful for him!

Here are just some other updates from this week. We actually have our TRAVEL DATES and we will be headed to Ethiopia on Saturday September 12th and flying out from Ethiopia on Friday Septmeber 25th.(more on this later, please just pray for us to be prepared for our trip and for Talo to be prepared for us to come). AHHHH! So exciting on 2 weeks away!

Another blessing this week was the gift of a car seat! I was so blessed to get to go out with a great friend of mine and she wanted to buy us a car seat for Talo. So off we went and I got to spend the day with her and her boys (1 1/2 year old twin boys who are so sweet!) and I left with an amazing gift! Thank you Tananya.

Here is Jon trying to figure it out! I wish Talo came out of the box with the car seat!



God also did amazing things by blessing us with money which we have been using to purchase all the things one needs for a toddler. Clothes, shoes, food for our trip, sippy cups and so much more. Here are all the cards that came in this past week. Jon's brother drew the one with the two parents and little kid. I love it Ben! Thank you to all the women at work who gave so much, you guys have been wonderful to us. Also Thank You to our extended family who has sent us cards and to my Aunt and Uncle who gave us a bed and dresser for Talo. We are so overwhelmed by God's provision.

So, people keep asking what else we need and truly we just need money. We have about $8,000 in travel cost from our plane tickets and hotel fees and in country travel. So for those of you who have asked that is really what we need. We will update you all again soon. To God be the glory He is doing all of this!!! Oh we just Love God and love our Talo~!

"And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19