[Faith-talk] Christian missionary woman contracts the abola virus

[jordanj229 at verizon.net]

Thank you for passing along this article! I a m going to send this to my church list.


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> On Aug 3, 2014, at 3:19 AM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I wanted to post this because when I read it something pulled at my heart
> strings and the short article caused me to glory in the grace of God and the
> testimony of this woman and her husband. Even though it is brief it is a
> small flash of light to me, because I know that God can be glorified through
> anything even this. 
> 
> 
> 
> Nancy Writebol is a loving mother. A devoted wife. A woman of faith. A
> missionary who has traveled the world to help others, and now, the world
> knows her as an Ebola patient.
> 
> Last month, while working in Liberia, Writebol contracted the deadly virus.
> She's one of three Americans known to contract Ebola during the outbreak
> that has ravaged West Africa.
> 
> The others are colleague Dr. Kent Brantly and Patrick Sawyer, a naturalized
> citizen and Liberian government official who died from the disease earlier
> this week.
> 
> The missionary is expected to be picked up in West Africa and flown back to
> the United States, where she is expected to join Brantly -- who arrived
> Saturday -- in a special isolation unit at Atlanta's Emory University
> Hospital. According to Todd Shearer, a spokesman for the Christian charity
> Samaritan's Purse, she should be in Georgia early next week.
> 
> The trip will be the latest of many journeys for Writebol, whose other
> missionary ventures include Ecuador and 14 years ministering to orphans and
> vulnerable children in Africa. 
> 
> Since August 2013, the Writebols have been in Monrovia, Liberia, with the
> Serving in Mission group, which worked with Samaritan's Purse.
> 
> Nancy guided missionaries and teams and worked with nurses at ELWA hospital,
> where her husband is the technical services manager, according to the
> Christian group's website. Nancy was diagnosed with Ebola on July 25.
> 
> Those who know Nancy best say that she's motivated not by any quest for
> personal glory or thirst for adventure, but because she and her husband feel
> compelled to act because of their faith.
> 
> As husband David explained from Africa via Skype to members of Cavalry
> Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, at a recent vigil for Nancy: "We have
> been blessed because of what Christ has done for us, (by giving) us eternal
> life and salvation.
> 
> "What else could we do (but help)?"
> 
> The fact the Writebols left the comforts of America to live in an area rife
> with poverty, instability and disease, the fact they put their lives at risk
> to assist those suffering everyday, isn't surprising to those who know them.
> 
> John Munro, their friend and pastor at Cavalry Church, describes the couple
> as "the salt of the Earth," the kind of people who wouldn't give a second
> thought to dropping everything to help.
> 
> The only thing perhaps ironic about what's happening now is how such an
> "unassuming" and "very humble" woman has become international news.
> 
> "She is ... not someone who would ever make the headlines," Munro said,
> "apart from something like this."
> 
> That doesn't change the fact the Writebols have extraordinary lives.
> 
> Wherever they've gone, their lives have been centered on their church and
> their family, including two now-adult sons who live in the United States. 
> 
> One of those sons, Jeremy Writebol, told CNN's Chris Cuomo that the recent
> ordeal has been hard on his father. Nancy Writebol has been isolated in the
> couple's Liberia home; she and David talk by phone but, given fears she
> might pass on Ebola to him, they can't touch.
> 
> "It's very difficult, and we feel the emotion of that," Jeremy Writebol said
> of his parents' physical separation.
> 
> Then, of course, there's the inherent danger of Ebola. The World Health
> Organization reports that there have been at least 1,322 cases in recent
> weeks in West Africa, some 729 of which have resulted in death.
> 
> Even before it was known his mother would return to the United States, where
> she'll get top-notch care at Emory, Jeremy Writebol took solace the
> mortality rate isn't even higher.
> 
> "We feel like Mom has a chance," he told CNN affiliate WCCB.
> 
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