The Metzgar Family

"The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy." Psalm 126:3

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Celebrating Lindy!

Our China Dolls!

Words cannot express the gratitude we feel toward our heavenly Father for adopting us into His family. It is out of our love for Him that we answered the call to adopt these precious children. Our desire as a family is to bring glory and honor to our Lord. Our adoption journey is His story, and we are just His willing participants.

A piece of our heart is in China!

"Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes... " David Platt

"All children are beautiful when they are loved." - Bertha 'Grandma' Holt

"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families." Psalm 68:5-6

"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." Matthew 25:40

"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:18

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Timeline to Presley

10/1/16 Homecoming and Family Day!
9/18/16 Presley's Gotcha Day!
9/16/16 Leave for China!
9/6/16 TA!
9/1/16 Article 5 Pick-Up
8/10/16 I-800 Approval
7/11/16 LOA (only 33 days!)
6/8/16 LID
5/25/16 DTC
5/3/16 I-800A Application approved . . . finally!
1/26/16 PA
1/13/16 File transferred!
10/20/15 First contact about her file

Timeline to Lindy

7/12/13 Homecoming and Family Day!
6/30/13 Lindy's Gotcha Day at Harmony House
6/28/13 Leave for China!
5/29/13 TA!
5/21/13 Article 5 issued
4/15/13 I-800 Approval
3/25/13 LOA (48 days!)
2/5/13 LID
2/1/13 DTC
8/23/12 PA
6/12/12 Received phone call on her 4th birthday!

Timeline to Joy

11/8/12 We're Home!
10/29/12 Joy's Gotcha Day!
10/24/12 Leave for China!
9/25/12 Travel Approval! (TA)
9/12/12 Article 5 pick-up
8/15/12 I-800 Provisional Approval
7/24/12 Letter of Approval (LOA)
4/13/12 Log In Date (LID)
3/15/12 Dossier to China (DTC)
2/20/12 Pre-Approval (PA)
1/31/12 We said "YES"
12/11/11 1st time we saw her face!

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27