Called for Life: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us Into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic - Softcover

Brantly, Kent; Brantly, Amber; Thomas, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1601428251 ISBN 13: 9781601428257

Publisher: Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc), 2016

Synopsis

&;Kent, bud. We got your test result.  And I&;m really sorry to tell you that it is positive for Ebola.&;
 
Called for Life tells the riveting inside story of Kent and Amber&;s call to serve their neighbors, as well as Kent&;s fight for life with Ebola and Amber&;s&; struggle to support him from half-a-world away. Most significantly, Called for Life reminds us of the risk, the honor, and the joy to be known when God and others are served without reservation.

About this title

About the Authors

DR. KENT BRANTLY is family medicine physician who in 2013 accepted a post-resident position with World Medical Mission (a ministry of Samaritan's Purse) to serve at the ELWA Hospital in Monvovia, Liberia. In July of 2014, Kent contracted the Ebola virus, and his treatment and subsequent recovery became an international news story. He is a graduate of Abilene Christian University in Texas and received his degree in medicine from Indiana University. In fall of 2014, Kent testified on the Ebola crisis in West Africa before both houses of the US Congress, and later that year he was honoured by Time Magazine as a "Person of the Year."

Amber Brantly, an alumnus of Abilene Christian University, is a registered nurse. She is married to Dr Kent Brantly and together they are the parents of two young children. They are living temporarily in the United States with the intention of resuming their international medical mission service in the near future.

David M. Thomas, Ph.D. Director of the National Marriage Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1601428251
• ISBN 13: 9781601428257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240