‘God’s going to deliver me from this but even if he doesn’t… I have no regrets’: What brave doctor, 33 – one of two Americans infected with Ebola in Liberia – told friend after being struck down in worst ever outbreak

By: American Decency Staff

The American doctor diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia says he will have no regrets if he cannot be saved, a friend revealed today.

Kent Smith, an elder at the South Central Alliance Churches in Fort Worth, Texas, where Kent Brantly and his wife Amber worship, told MailOnline that the doctor has been frank with friends.

'God's going to deliver me from this but even if he doesn't I have lived my life for him and I have no regrets,' he has said, Mr Smith told MailOnline.

Dr Brantly, a 33-year-old father of two, is one of two Americans fighting for their lives. Married missionary Nancy Writebol, from Charlotte, North Carolina, is also fighting for her life at a Liberian hospital as the continent struggles against the worst ever outbreak in history.Nearly 700 people have been killed by Ebola in West Africa, with 127 of those in Liberia, according to the World Health Organization, but the families of the Americans hope prayers will pull them through.

Speaking from her home in Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr Brantly's mother Jan, 72, said she was in 'daily contact' with her son's wife, Amber, and that she was praying for them both.

She said: 'It's a very very stressful time. Kent is a fine young man, very compassionate, doing what he’s prepared all his life to do.

'He’s placed his life in the hands of a loving God and our love in that God sustains us.

'We pray constantly for him and we solicit the prayer of the whole world. He's a brave man. He's doing what he's doing to serve his God and we are asking people to pray.'

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