One Million Arrows by Julie Ferwerda Blog tour 1st chapter PDF included!!!!

I'm hosting a blog tour for an amazing book by Julie Ferwerda titled One Million Arrows. Why is this book amazing? Well, it's going to change the world and reach more children for Christ - not just your biological children but others and you don't have to adopt to do it (although it will equate to a Spiritual adoption!). I'd love to get this book into every hand at my church and those across the world - thankfully there is a way to do that if you'd like to order the books bulk and get a savings!

A bit about the book from the One Million Arrows website:

"Will the world change our children...or will our children change the world? Time is short and lives are at stake. Right now, God is inviting our families to become part of a bigger story—a vision that will engage hearts to make a radical difference. One Million Arrows is an inspirational call to raise our kids to impact their culture, community, and world for Christ. If we want our kids to discover their purpose, if we want them to live with passion for the Kingdom, if we want our family to go down in His-Story, accept the mission...and leave a mark for eternity."

I have a heart for missions, if I had my way, we'd pack up the children, sell the house and we'd go to the foreign mission field BUT that isn't possible right now so my mission field is here - my home. Often times I feel as if I'm not doing enough to reach others for Christ but I can relate to children - I have three of my own and desire more - so children are also on my heart. My heart aches each time I hear terrible stories of children being abused, killed or forgotten - tears threaten every time I'd see the orphans from Indonesia or Haiti in the aftermath of earthquakes. I'm left wondering how can I help? I can't adopt so how can I possibly help especially if I can't go there. This book gives a plan for that, a plan for helping if you can't go and even if you don't have finances to send. This book will change the way you and I and others will look at reaching children for Christ - hence the name One Million Arrows.

Author Bio:

Julie Ferwerda is recognized for making the Bible exciting and relevant to everyday life through her writing and speaking. Her articles are featured in many Christian magazines and websites for both adults and teens, and she frequently volunteers her time and talents to international orphan ministry. Learn more at OneMillionArrows.com.

Here is a couple videos on YouTube for One Million Arrows they'll give you a little more information on what this movement is all about YouTube Video 1 and YouTube Video 2 - so do you want to have a legacy that lives on? Do you want to reach children for His story? Then if so, grab a copy of this book and get reading. Every sale that is made from this book goes to support international orphan care and ministries including those in Haiti.

Want to see what this book is all about and get a glimpse into the book then check this out! You can read the FIRST CHAPTER OF "ONE MILLION ARROWS". Click on the hyper linked text and you can download in PDF format the entire first chapter.

I highly recommend this book if you want to reach more children and those children will eventually go on to reach more children, and so on for our Lord and Saviour! So, read the first chapter generously given by the author, Julie Ferwerda, and visit the site, One Million Arrows to find out more and how to buy the book. The book is also available at Amazon, Christian Book, and other online retailers. For bulk, church and ministry orders visit the How To Order page.

Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World by Tom Davis **updated w/ review 12/27/09**

The new movie Orphan takes a look at a family adopting a little girl from Russia who is not what she seems. While the movie attempts to entertain the masses with horror, around the world, orphans are facing horrendous conditions unlike anything Hollywood could produce. Tom Davis, CEO and President of Children’s HopeChest, is passionately working to alert the public about the real plight of orphans around the world.

Two weeks ago, Orphan, or as the Washington Post referred to it, a "depraved, worthless piece of filth...a high-gloss horror show about a well-meaning couple who bring home a 9-year-old girl to join their family, only to discover, way too late, that she's a homicidal psychopath" was released in theaters. The widespread criticism of Orphan is showing up in both the mainstream media (New York Times, New York Times 2) and also in Christian news sources as well. (See Orphans Deserve Better)

Children’s HopeChest CEO Tom Davis says, “The true horror, as pointed out by the Orphans Deserve Better site, is not the Hollywood over-hyped stereotype of an adoption gone homicidally off the rails. There's ample evidence on both sides of the older orphan adoption discussion, and I think all would agree that this movie doesn't help the 150 million children without families. That's the real horror. If you want a good horror story about orphans, I've got plenty that will turn your stomach and wrench your heart. Imagine, for a moment, the impact that the film's producers could have had by investing the film's budget in cleaning up some of the real horrors facing orphaned kids today.”

Children’s HopeChest was founded in 1994 by helping orphans in Russia. After the fall of communism, nothing was being done to help the millions of children who were institutionalized by the state. Most of the children were kicked out at fifteen or sixteen and they didn’t have the ability to survive. In fact, 70% of the girls ended up in prostitution. The idea of Hopechest is to help these kinds of kids have the chance at the kind of life a family kid would have. “We help to meet the same needs for orphans that you and I would meet for our own children - food and clothing, but also loving relationships, medical care, and perhaps most important, an education. We also specialize in helping kids make the transition out of orphanages and into young adulthood,” states Davis.

The United Nations estimates the world orphan population to be over 143 million children. Poverty, war, disease, and AIDS are the primary enemies of children across the globe, leaving those who are robbed of their parents at-risk for criminal behavior, prostitution, drug abuse, alcoholism, and suicide. Davis offers readers a sweeping narrative that explores these most critical social concerns in his debut novel. Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World (June 2009/David C Cook) delves into the lives of a photojournalist struggling to redeem his past and an African orphan fighting for survival. Davis’ book is based real situations he has witnessed while working with orphans in Africa.

In Scared, Davis, also the author of Red Letters and Fields of the Fatherless, weaves a beautiful story of redemption that takes place in a world far away from our own. Readers will discover, along with Stuart, that, “Sorrow is a part of life, but our tears can leave us with clearer sight, if we look to God.” True “fiction with a conscience,” Davis’ novel is the first in a planned series of three. Narrated in the first person by both Stuart and Adanna, Scared offers a unique perspective on the tragedies taking place in Africa today and encourages readers to step out and help the “least of these.”

Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World by Tom Davis

David C Cook/June 2009/ ISBN 978-1-589191-02-0/288 pages/softcover/$14.99

http://www.davidccook.com/ ~ http://www.scaredthebook.com/

Click here to watch the trailer!!!!

My Opinion:

I couldn't put this book down - I finished it in a day! With my heart for missions and wanting to do mission work this book was right up my alley. Tom Davis is a new author for me, but no longer his writing pulls you in until you can't leave the world in the book until you're done reading it! In this case it's Africa, with it's starving, homeless orphans and children as young as 5 being parents for their baby siblings - this book will grip your heart!

As you read "Scared" and you 'live' Adanna's life and the horrible atrocities that happen to her you will find righteous anger rising up in you and you'll begin cheering for Adanna and her siblings to rise above this life and become more. AIDS has attacked Africa more than any other country and it's leaving behind the smallest victims, the ones who can't do it on their own. Families turn against families and children are turned out to the streets or to go to work doing things that are unthinkable so their families can just scrape by. A wonderful and touching book, even if some parts are difficult to read, it's a book I do recommend.