Over the last few months we’ve talked a lot about Tom Davis and his debut novel, Scared. We hope you’ve had a chance to pick up a copy of this spectacular book, but if not, the wonderful folks at David C. Cook Publishers are giving you the chance to read it for FREE!
From now until Friday, February 26th, you can can download a copy of Scared at no cost. Just click here.
The response to this novel has been so wide-spread that Tom Davis officially launched the Scared Education Fund last week to provide a secondary education to thirty of Swaziland’s neediest orphans.
The following encounter inspired Tom and his ministry, Children’s Hopechest, to do more than feed and clothe children in this HIV/AIDS ravished area:
“On one of our first ever trips to Swaziland, we met a woman named Gugu. Gugu was a widow herself, and every day watched as young girls–12- and 13-years-old–would work as prostitutes for food and money. They came and they went. Every day she watched the future of her country wither away.
One day, she gathered up a few of the girls and asked one life-changing question: “What would it take to stop you from being prostitutes?”
They answered: “A school: We need a school to attend because without education we have no future anyway, so what does it matter what we do with ourselves now to survive?”
Gugu opened a school the next day beneath the shade of a large tree.
There was no time to lose. Today, God has blessed Gugu’s bold and faithful action with a thriving and bustling CarePoint. Hundreds of children now come to her CarePoint for food, shelter, and education.
Gugu has created a light in the darkness of Swaziland. With an HIV infection rate of over 45 percent, HopeChest has decided to make a strategic, long-term investment in these thirty boys and girls.”
In many ways, Scared is just a novel – a narrative of lives in Africa. But if you take the time to read it, we promise you’ll find yourself moved to compassion and action. And really, isn’t that why Jesus Himself told stories? So that we wouldn’t be the same afterwards? Download. Read. And be moved.
Tried to download it but it said “private document. private secret password required”
Thank you Tom Davis and David C. Cook publishers!
May God be glorifed in our hearts through the story of these characters – who are based on real life children of God.
I also tried to download but it is np longer available
Dee,
The link should be working now. Please let me know if you continue to have trouble.
Thanks!
Ariel
I just tried to open up the link to the free copy of Scared and I couldn’t get into the website.
Is there anyone that can give me the steps to download this book. I did open the link that is on this post but what do I do next. I’m somewhat new to the internet and I have never downloaded anything and I don’t have anyone who can help me. If the steps to download this book can’t be easily explained don’t worry about it.
Sorry for the trouble you are having. It worked fine for me. Here are the steps:
1. Click the link
2. Do NOT click ‘upload’ at the top. Click ‘DOWNLOAD’ under the title, “Scared by Tom Davis (Full Book)’
3. Click PDF or Text version
4. Click Download now
5. You will have to sign in by either logging into your Facebook account or OpenID. OR, you can click ‘Sign up’ to get a free Scribd account.
6. After you log in the download will start
Hope that works. If not, email me and I’ll send you a copy via email: tdavis@hopechest.org
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Amen to “down time” with our Savior & Lord! Let the peace of the Lord be your blanket!
I am almost done with this book and amazing it is! What an amazing picture of life in HIV/AIDS infected parts of Africa. We also have a passion for missions and more specifically Africa HIV/AIDS regions. Thanks for sharing your heart! So moving and real!
I would like to read Scared.
I remember discovering Gugu when Ben and I went to the dump–remarkable lady.