Happy New Year 2008!

Happy New Year 2008!

We are winding down from the Christmas rush and starting to get back to real life. Real life…… here at the Reginato household real life has been messy. On the up side, we adopted our two beautiful boys, Branson 5 and Caleb 2, in March. What joy (and messiness) they bring to our home. We have the broken glasses and scuffed up walls to prove it. Branson is a sweet, tender boy that saw much violence in his little life. We are working on healing his wounded heart. We got Caleb when he was only 8 weeks old, but before that he was in 3 different homes- not including ours. Caleb is strong willed, busy, and really loud! But he says the funniest things that make us laugh everyday. Not to mention he’s just a tad bit spoiled being the youngest of six. Tori is almost 12 and is starting guitar and growing in her faith. She is in the Jr. High group at our church and is showing real leadership qualities. I’m still home schooling her. LuLu started public school in October and is excelling in every area. She has struggled in her relationship with me and so I couldn’t keep her home for school. But we are working on healing her heart as well. Nathan is 15 and is finding that he has a gift for public speaking. He is taking a Speech and Debate class and is really doing well. Nikki is 17 and not living with us right now. She has dealt with so much pain in her life that she ran from us in every way. We still talk to her, but her heart is struggling to find love. Dave has taken on a manager role at Lockheed and had the role of laying some people off, which was really hard. He also resigned as an elder at our church. A decision that was painful and long. His mom also passed away this year from cancer. SO things at our home have been hard and “messy” this year. But one thing has remained the same…..God has never once failed us! He has shown up in big ways. Most of our fears for our children have come true. Any control we thought we had has been broken. All we have is Jesus to save us. And he pulled us out of the pit many times this year. Not only pulled us out, but has given us a firm foundation to stand on. Our feet will never slip. We will never fall. And we have received God’s love and know him in ways that we never thought possible. We are so thankful for our messy year.
We pray that you had a year full of joy and wonder. But if your 2008 is starting a little “messy”, don’t fear. Remember to look up at the only One that matters. The One we live for. The One who lived a messy life for us so that we wouldn’t have to live with control, fear or doubt. Jesus will never let you down. He will hold you up when you feel like your falling. Cling to Him and you will not fall.
We would love to pray for you. Feel free to send us an email and let us know how we can pray.
We all send our love and pray that 2008 will hold adventure, love, hope, laughter and just a tiny bit of messiness in your lives so that you can see how big our God is!

Shalom, (Peace in Body, Mind and Soul)
Dave, Kathi, Nikki, Nathan, Tori, LuLu, Branson and Caleb