{"id":4911,"date":"2014-08-20T05:06:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T12:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2014-08-20T05:06:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T12:06:06","slug":"liberia-ebola-giving-christ-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4911","title":{"rendered":"LIBERIA: Ebola Giving Christ Center Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/\">Mission Network News<\/a>, August 11, 2014<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s now being called a \u201cpublic health emergency of international concern.\u201d We\u2019re talking about Ebola. While you may not think it\u2019ll affect you, the World Health Organization (WHO) made that statement to wake you up to the problem. WHO says Ebola took an additional 29 lives between Tuesday and Wednesday alone. Their report indicates Ebola has killed 961 people and sickened 1,779 others. This makes it the worst outbreak in history.<\/p>\n<p>Two U.S. citizens, medical missionaries with <a href=\"http:\/\/simusa.org\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/simusa.org\">SIM International<\/a> Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, have been brought to United States for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement release by Dr. Brantly, he said, \u201cWe went to Liberia because we believe God called us to serve him at ELWA Hospital. One thing I have learned is that following God often leads us to unexpected places.\u00a0When Ebola spread into Liberia, my usual hospital work turned more and more toward treating the increasing number of Ebola patients.\u00a0I held the hands of countless individuals as this terrible disease took their lives away from them.\u00a0I witnessed the horror firsthand, and I can still remember every face and name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since these Americans have contracted the disease, [SIM USA President Bruce] Johnson says doctors have responded by volunteering to go to Liberia to serve. \u201cIt\u2019s that kind of sacrificial spirit that\u2019s been such an encouragement to me, and I think really has been an encouragement to the whole church to see the sacrifice and willingness of our brothers and sisters to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson says he could never have imagined being in the middle of this international media firestorm. SIM has been on many major television and radio networks. \u201cWe feel God is saying, \u2018Express my glory through this,\u2019 both in testimony as well as to help the U.S. government and other governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/ebola-giving-christ-center-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/ebola-giving-christ-center-stage\/\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb See also <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2014\/08\/09\/why-missionaries-put-their-lives-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2014\/08\/09\/why-missionaries-put-their-lives-on-the-line\/\">Why Missionaries Put Their Lives on the Line<\/a> (CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Mission Network News, August 11, 2014 It\u2019s now being called a \u201cpublic health emergency of international concern.\u201d We\u2019re talking about Ebola. While you may not think it\u2019ll affect you, the World Health Organization (WHO) made that statement to wake you up to the problem. WHO says Ebola took an additional 29 lives between Tuesday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4911\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LIBERIA: Ebola Giving Christ Center Stage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4912,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions\/4912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}