Excited for 2009

Personally, I am so excited for the coming year! I anticipate many great things. There are so many reasons to be thankful. Honestly, my heart overflows with thanks to the Lord for His grace, mercy and blessings. Even when I can't figure out timing...He always does...and His timing is always perfect. Each year as a family and together with our church Grace North, we seek the Lord for our personal words for the year. My (Lydia's) word for the year is "Focus on Family" and Scott's is "Presense"; meaning being in the presense of God. Lord, our prayer is to seek You daily by coming to You, hearing what You say, and walking in obedience to You by doing what You tell us to do. We commit 2009 to You!

Anticipated Highlights of 2009:
February - Lydia to Atlanta for Foursquare Women's Conference / 6 year wedding anniversary
March OR May - Family Vacation
April - Scott to Israel for teaching tour with Pastor Jerry Dirmann
May - Foursquare Intl Convention in Anaheim, CA / James turns 1
June - nephew Jonathan will move to Anthem from Norway / Dominic turns 3
July - Family Camp in Prescott, AZ and The Rock Conference in Anaheim
more to come....

Cute Christmas Slideshow

Merry Christmas 2008!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! 2008 has been a year of walking in faith and God's promises. We serve an awesome, awesome God and it is with joy in our hearts we write to you this Christmas season.

Our year started with awesome change and growth with our church, Grace North. We are privileged to serve with an amazing group of pastors in a wonderful community that we love. Grace North continues to grow disciples which is always a very exciting journey.

Personally, we have experienced many highlights! We vacationed with some great friends in March and toured SeaWorld and Legoland in San Diego, CA. We trekked for days and Dominic had a blast. I was 7 months pregnant with James but managed really well - and got plenty of exercise! We welcomed James Scott on May 29th and celebrated Dominic's 2nd birthday on June 8th. We've nicknamed our boys "Our Delight" because that is truly what they are to us. In June, one week after James was born, we welcomed my family from Norway for 7 weeks. Having Lena and her children here was absolutely amazing! Throughout the duration of the summer we also welcomed family from Fresno, CA, Tucson, AZ as well as close family friends from Washington, California, and Norway. Thank you all for coming to be with us!

In June Scott and Joe traveled to Van Nuys, CA to attend their third installment of "The School of Pastoral Nurture" with Pastor Jack Hayford. This has been an exceptionally enriching experience for Scott who has been blessed to attend these special times with Pastor Jack for the past 3 years. July brought another life altaring Grace North Family Camp experience with Pastors Jerry & Kimberly Dirmann. All we can say is "wow" and we are counting down the days until July 7-10, 2009! And on top of that the entire Grace North staff was blessed to be able to attend "The Rock" Conference in Anaheim, CA just days after our own family camp together with Pastors Jerry and Kimberly!

In October we celebrated the marriage of Carrie Ingegneri to Jeremy Foster! All we can say is WOW! Scott was honored to officiate his sister's wedding and it was definitely an incredible celebration!

Our fall was of course wrapped in the preparation and excitement of "Christmas Street". With approx. 9 months of preparation (beginning in February) and 3 1/2 months of rehearsals we were all elated to present six performances of "Christmas Street" to Grace North and our community. Thank you Grace North for your INCREDIBLE support and to all of our friends and family for praying for us, helping us in practical ways and supporting us by attending the show! We are also excited to announce that "Christmas Street" is now international as our good friend Pastor Bec Tobar from Sydney, Australia and her amazing team from Calvary Chapel George's Hall presented two performances this past weekend with approx. 900 in attendance!

Today, only 6 days from Christmas Day, we reflect on the very reason we celebrate Christmas; our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Personally, we have been challenged to re-think Christmas with the following concepts: Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More and Love All. Secondly: Give Presence! Give the gift of your presence and the Presence of God!

Our Family Loves You! Merry Christmas!
Scott, Lydia, Dominic and James Ingegneri