On September 23, 2014, Rev. Moses J. Brown lost his battle with the Ebola virus disease (EVD). He becomes the eighth Assembly of God pastor, or pastor’s wife to die of Ebola. Moses was my friend, and together we constructed Missio Dei Assembly of God church in New Georgia, Caldwell, Monrovia.
Today I learned that Moses’s sister has become yet another victim of the disease. And, his wife and one of his two children are presently in an Ebola treatment center in Monrovia fighting for their lives.
EVD seems to have an insatiable hunger for death, rarely stopping with just one family member. All too often it is the overpowering enemy that wipes out entire families and even villages.
We, here in America, are beginning to panic over the fact that one person has died, and two others are in the hospital receiving treatment for the virus. We should be concerned, we should be careful, we should be watchful and do what we can in order to stop this dread disease. But…
According to the WHO, there have been 9,191 probable, confirmed and suspected cases and 4,546 deaths in West Africa from EVD reported up to the end of October 13, 2014 by the Ministry of Health in Liberia. Entire families are no more and thousands of Ebola orphans have no where to turn.
How bad does this epidemic have to be in West Africa before the World comes to the rescue? Please pray for the victims in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
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My heart breaks daily for the people of west Africa. Praying that God will intervene and also that God will begin to break all of our hearts over the things that break His heart!
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