I intentionally try to avoid controversial topics on my blog. I want this to be a place where people feel refreshed and encouraged - not by some Pollyanna theology, but by focusing on the work Jesus has done for us and the abundant life available to us through him.

But some things get under my skin, and I have to speak out.

"The Ebola crisis we are now facing is not a surprise to us at Samaritan's Purse, but it took two Americans getting the disease in order for the international community and the United States to take notice of the largest outbreak of the disease in history."

-Ken Isaacs, Vice President of International Programs and Government Relations, Samaritan's Purse, as quoted on CNN Health

Samaritan's Purse, the international Christian charity that employs my husband, began caring for Ebola victims in Liberia weeks ago. My husband received status updates on SP's emergency response. I also received an email from the medical branch, asking me (as part of the group that volunteered with SP in Haiti in response to the cholera epidemic) if I'd be willing to be on stand-by for the medical response in Liberia. I said no, although I'd probably have said yes if I wasn't nursing an infant.

We heard of hundreds of people falling ill and dying. Yet when I scanned the big news agencies - BBC, CNN, NBC - no one was reporting on the Ebola outbreak.

If you happened to click over to the Africa page, you might see a brief report. But the media was not paying attention. They were far more concerned with Iraq, Israel, and Oscar Pistorius' trial in South Africa.

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