Hi Moms and Dads!
My name is Anna Renee Riley and I really like having lots of friends. Mr. Henderson, our second and third grade school teacher told us we are all born with gifts from God that help us show love to others. They’re called motivational gifts and there are seven of them. Mine is the longest word–facilitator.
Mr. H., that’s what we all call Mr. Henderson, told me the reason I like having a lot of friends and writing notes to myself to plan ahead is because it’s part of my gift. I LOVE to do projects, so I need a lot of friends to get my projects done. Isn’t that cool?
All my friends have gifts too! Hiro is an exhorter, and my best friend, Maria, is a giver. Cayden is really sweet and cries when our friends are sad because she is a mercy person, and Jesse, my cousin, is always helping us, even when we don’t ask for help, because he wants to serve. Sarah doesn’t play with us sometimes because she’d rather read books and then tell us what she reads. It’s her gift of teaching.
Let’s see, that leaves Daniel. Oh yeh. He has a gift of prophecy. That one’s kinda different. But I wrote all about it in my first book, The Assignment.
There is a Menu to discover each of my friends and their gifts and to help you easily find your way around my site just below.
Thanks for reading,
Love, Anna
1-Meet Anna who leads her friends with the gift of facilitation-Click Here
2-Maria Rodriguez loves to give support to her friends-Click Here
3-Hiro Kawaguchi, the class clown, has the gift of exhortation-Click Here
4-Meet Sarah who has the motivational gift of teaching-Click Here
5-Jesse loves to serve his friends and family-Click Here
6-Meet Cayden, Anna’s friend who has the healing gift of mercy-Click Here
7-Let’s meet Daniel who has a strong prophetic gift-Click Here
Book #1 The Assignment-Introduces all Anna's Friends
The Assignment is the book to buy to meet all of Anna’s Friends and to get an overview of the 7 motivational gifts in a fun and interesting, illustrated story form.
The most common comments from parents about this book are that the children identify with one of the characters and gifts as they read through The Assignment.
The stories in The Assignment are written from the perspective of each of the 7 friends and how they respond to one another based on their own motivational gift.
This specific book is for sale in Anna’s Friend’s Store, you can click here if you’re interested. Opens in a new window so you won’t lose your place; you’re welcome, Anna :-))