CHARLOTTE, NC — The Ebola outbreak has the Peace Corps pulling workers from West Africa, after two volunteers were exposed to the virus.
A Charlotte missionary is one of two Americans battling Ebola. Nancy Writebol is listed in stable condition. Now we’re hearing from her son, as friends and family pray for her recovery.
“Dad’s visits with mom right now are through a window at the home where mom is isolated,” says Writebol’s son Jeremy. “And he’s in a containment suit even there.”
Nancy is fighting the Ebola virus in Liberia, with her husband David by her side. The missionaries were working to help those hit by a record outbreak of the deadly virus in West Africa.
David Writebol skyped into a prayer service at Calvary Church Wednesday night, updating his wife’s condition.
“I want to be a bit cautious, but she’s sitting up and she’s talking with us. She’s able to move about,” says David Writebol.
The family knows what the statistics say, and they’re finding hope in those numbers.
“The Ebola virus, in terms of mortality rate, right now is at about 64 percent,” says Jeremy Writebol. “That’s good news for us. We feel like that mom has a chance.”
Nancy Writebol is the second American to test positive for the virus. She and Dr. Kent Brantley from Texas are leaning on faith and prayers from back home.
“They’re alert. You know they’re sick. They’re weak,” says SIM USA President Bruce Johnson. “But yet they’re strong in spirit, and they’re fighting for their lives.”
Dr. Brantley works with Samaritan’s Purse. He has reportedly shown a slight improvement over the past 24 hours.
Ebola is spread through bodily fluids.
