Anna M. Aquino

As many of you know I’m currently in full swing on my Northern Tour. It’s been so nice to be spending some time with my family in OH. I’ve joked for years that though God took this Northerner out of the North, the Buckeye is still part of the girl. My parents have had an in ground outside pool on their property. I grew up swimming in the midst of the Ohio woods. The setting really is this picturesque place, but it was always so cold. The pool wasn’t heated. In fact I remember being told to “jump right in and eventually we’d just get used to the water.” My sister and I have joked about this for years, and in fact if some of you grew up with me you’ll laugh about memories in the frigid pool. After my sister and I grew up and have had our own children, a pool heater was finally purchased. This makes for a much more pleasant experience, the grandkids love coming to swim and an endless stream of jokes have arose. Because you know when I was a kid it was so cold they made us swim ...

When we were in Canada last week we visited a local attraction called Calisanti’s, which is about an hour outside of Windsor. It’s a fun half day attraction. I’m sure it started simply out of a garden center, but now it’s evolved into a small zoo, an arcade, small rides, food court, and a gift center. While we were browsing through the gift shop, I came across a scarf I fell in love with. It wasn’t that expensive and I flip flopped if I should buy it. For some reason I wrestled in my head if I should buy it like one would pull taffy. I reasoned I shouldn’t. We were up there traveling, I was trying to be cheap, and just told myself I shouldn’t get it. However I kept feeling the Holy Spirit drop in my spirit to go ahead and buy it. Maybe it sounds odd to some, but I just felt I should just treat myself. But, I didn’t. I totally ignored that. I knew when we got back to my in-laws I missed out, and it was my fault. It bugged me. I tend to have a one track mind about some th...

A few weeks ago when Dan and I were touring and videotaping on the battlefields of Gettysburg, PA with Pastor Paxton and his awesome wife Angie, a funny event happened and I thought it would make a good blog for the day. In this picture is my super fabulous husband Dan. We were all sitting and watching the sunset from such a historic viewpoint and Dan thought it would be funny to get a few pictures of him posing with this stature. It really was all in good humor. Suddenly this woman comes out yelling at Dan. “The warden is coming for you. You’re going to be in trouble!” She was angry, and we all stopped to look at her baffled. “You’re not supposed to be up on that rock. The warden is already coming for you. He’s angry.” I fought the urge to laugh at her. She was getting angrier at us. “Can’t you read that sign?” That’s when in unison the sign that isn’t legible in this picture came into focus and we all started laughing. In fact that sign does say, “Don’t climb on t...

Dear Friends, I am so excited to be back at my keyboard. I am still traveling and have a booked calendar for the next few weeks, but I am more centralized in my travels now and am back at writing blogs to you. We have had an incredible two weeks and I can’t begin to say everything in one blog. However I would continue to appreciate all prayers as I continue to travel and minister. God is so faithful. As many of you know I got the amazing opportunity last week to visit my publisher Destiny Image in Shippensburg, PA and spend a few hours including lunch with one of my hero’s in the faith, Don Nori Sr. I suppose it may sound like a small deal to some but to me it was amazing how God orchestrated the whole thing. To those of you who follow me on Facebook, it may take me a month to upload the photos but I will when I get back to FL (I know I should have taken a pict on my cell phone.) Many of you may or may not know that my husband is 1st generation out of Italy. My mother-...