[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 30, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7054]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 EBOLA

  (Mr. PITTENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTENGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Nancy Writebol, 
a dedicated Christian missionary from Charlotte who chose to run toward 
danger.
  Ms. Writebol and her husband, David, serve as missionaries with SIM 
at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. They turned down the opportunity to 
evacuate when Ebola struck Liberia. Instead, Nancy volunteered to help 
sanitize the medical personnel and their equipment as they worked in 
the Ebola isolation ward.
  This week, Nancy learned that she, too, has contracted Ebola. Like 
the people she volunteered to help, Nancy is now in isolation. Although 
stable, she is battling an illness that kills 60 percent of the 
victims. Nancy and David could have chosen the easy route. Instead, 
they chose a higher calling of sacrificial love and service.
  Please join me in praying for Nancy's complete recovery and giving 
thanks for the Writebols, Samaritan's Purse, and the SIM mission agency 
for working tirelessly to help Ebola victims and others in need in 
Liberia.

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