Welcome 2010!

Welcome 2010!

Here comes 2010...we welcome you with open arms! Life moves quickly I am learning. What a blessed year this has been. Full of wonderful surprises, moutains and valleys, and now we look ahead, not back. We are moving forward! I am reminded of the lyrics of an incredible worship song that I love called "Moving Forward."

I'm not going back
I'm moving ahead
I'm here to declare to You
My past is over
In You, old things are made new
Surrender my life to Christ
I'm moving, moving forward

In 2010 we Expect Great Things and we are Immovable. Those are our personal words for this coming year!

Here are few bullet points of our 2009 happenings (since last time I wrote in March).

April - Scott traveled to Israel with The Rock Church in Anaheim, and his mom, Marion. Had a life-changing time! We are leading a team back to Israel in 2011.

May - Lydia turned 28 and James turned 1. Traveled to Anaheim for Foursquare Convention - took both boys along and had the time of our lives!

June - Dominic turned 3 and we had a huge joint bday party for both boys.

July - Jonathan moved from Norway to live with us! Family Camp 2009 in Prescott.

August - Scott turned 29.

September - Kicked off Grace North's Building Campaign!

October - SW District Conf. in Anaheim

November - First Air Force (OSL Level 4) graduating class from Grace North! Incredibly blessed Thanksgiving holiday.

December - Jonathan turned 17 and got his driver's license.

Believing with you for a blessed 2010!
The Ingegneri's

Another Season

First of all, I can't believe it's the middle of March! What happened? Life does happen fast! My mom is now in Norway through the month of August. It was all a bit sudden, but most definitely the right thing. We received sad news that my Aunt Ida has been diagnosed with a brain tumore that consumes over 2/3 of her brain. There is not much time left, so naturally, my mom is there to support and spend these last weeks with her sister. We were able to send mom off with a phenomenal weekend of friends and memories that will go down in the history books!

We are staying focused on the boys and ministry and loving all that the Lord gives us the honor to do for His kingdom. We marvel at where we are and God's goodness in our lives. We've had the priviledge to visit with wonderful family friends so far in 2009 and look forward to connecting with many more at Foursquare Convention and several conferences we are attending this summer.

Soon James will turn 1 (May 29) and Dominic will be 3 (June 6). Our wheels are spinning as we figure out the long awaited birthday plans!

Until next time here are some pictures for you to enjoy!!

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

Christmas Street 2008

It's here again! For all friends and family in the area (or even out of the area) we want to personally invite you to Christmas Street. It's going to be amazing!

The New Kitchen

We are so excited to have our kitchen painted! We love the way it turned out! Thank you John Mitchell...you are awesome! Here are some before and afters.