-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- like the other american who volunteered to help others in africa and ended up with ebola , nancy writebol is driven first and foremost by her fervent faith . still , that does n't mean she does n't need -- or deserve -- a pick-me-up . so , after arriving at atlanta 's emory university hospital from liberia , nancy writebol asked for -- and received -- coffee from starbucks . that was a definite plus about being back in her home country , though her husband acknowledges she has a long way to go to beat the deadly disease . `` i do n't believe we can say she is in the clear , -lrb- but -rrb- i would say she is in very good hands , '' her husband , david writebol , said friday . '' ... i am praying like never before . '' ` unassuming ' woman of faith thrust into spotlight . on the same day he spoke about his wife 's illness , the other infected american , who is being treated at the same atlanta hospital , spoke publicly for the first time . dr. kent brantly said in a statement that he is receiving `` the very best care possible '' and `` growing stronger every day . '' brantly and the writebols talked about what led them to liberia , where they thrust themselves into the midst of poverty and disease with a mission focusing on those in need . they also spoke about their struggles now to overcome ebola . brantly , 33 , went to liberia with his wife and two children last year to serve a two-year fellowship through a samaritan 's purse post-residency program to practice general medicine . infected u.s. doctor long drawn to mission work . kevin pietersen battered oxford 's students for 170 off 149 deliveries in his first game of red-ball cricket for 15 months -- then insisted the incoming ecb chairman colin graves has told him everyone has a ` clean slate ' . but everything changed when ebola started to sweep through west africa . brantly got a new role as medical director for the samaritan 's purse ebola consolidated case management center in monrovia . `` i held the hands of countless individuals as this terrible disease took their lives away from them , '' he said friday . `` i witnessed the horror firsthand and i can still remember every face and name . '' it was in monrovia where brantly said he `` immediately isolated '' himself after first feeling ill . three days later , his ebola diagnosis was confirmed , though it did n't trigger the emotional response one might expect . `` when the result was positive , i remember a deep sense of peace that was beyond all understanding , '' he said . `` god was reminding me of what he had taught me years ago , that he will give me everything i need to be faithful to him . '' two weeks after that diagnosis , brantly said , `` my focus ... remains the same -- to follow god . '' pietersen 's quest for an improbable return to international cricket began as his scriptwriter must have known it would : with sumptuous strokes , a standing ovation and much of the old bravado . the fact that his first hundred since the old trafford test against australia in august 2013 came against a modest attack , at a windswept oxford , in a game not deemed first-class , is beside the point . pietersen 's only hope of playing for england again is to score lots of runs for surrey -- wind , rain or shine . here was the first box ticked , in style . surrey 's kevin pietersen -lrb- right -rrb- celebrates reaching his 100 during the three-day match at the parks . pietersen makes his way out to the crease following the dismissal of rory burns . it was the 34-year-old 's first appearance for surrey since the lv = county championship in june 2013 . who : ebola an international health emergency . that strong christian faith also echoed throughout david writebol 's comments about his wife . married for 40 years , the writebols have traveled the globe focused on their faith and their desire to help others . they are an ocean apart now , though plans are in the works to bring david writebol from liberia to be with his wife in atlanta . when they do reunite , david said , `` i would give her a kiss . hold her . '' asked what graves had said to him when the pair spoke over the phone last month , pietersen replied : ` he said he wants the best players playing for england , and everyone has a clean slate . right now , it 's just about me hitting the red ball . i think it can help england going forward . ` i took confidence from the way i played in australia -lsb- at the big bash -rsb- . it was as well as i 've ever batted . i 've been given a lifeline , and i have an opportunity to get back to doing something i love that was taken away from me prematurely . ' england meet west indies in antigua on monday , and comparisons will be inevitable . there will be mixed feelings both in the caribbean and at lord 's . whether pietersen 's journey will prove more futile than fruitful is another matter . the first aim of the new regime at the ecb has been to stop the sniping ; the second may be to keep pietersen sweet in case english cricket needs him after he retires , possibly in a mentoring capacity . regardless , the evidence here -- as if it were required -- suggested he is deadly serious about reclaiming his place . pietersen has played exclusively twenty20 cricket throughout the world since being axed by england . a young spectator points to a dent in her mother 's car made by one of pietersen 's shots . pietersen made 62 on his only prior appearance at the parks , for nottinghamshire in april 2004 . with surrey 122 for five at lunch , pietersen -lrb- left -rrb- found himself on 47 not out from 58 balls . nearly 10 years on from his ashes-clinching century at the oval , pietersen can not have imagined he would need to prosper in the parks simply to stay afloat . but in front of a crowd of several hundred -- almost unheard of in these parts -- and with surrey stumbling to 113 for five , he had a captive audience and a job to do . pietersen was careful at first , waiting until his eighth delivery to pinch his first run in red-ball cricket since the sydney test of january 2014 , and not finding the boundary until his 31st . after that , the couple would n't necessarily go back to the comforts of america and more coffee from starbucks . ebola might have derailed them , but it has n't changed their purpose in life . `` we are n't going to stop our ministry , '' david writebol said . `` we believe we can serve wherever god sends us . '' ebola virus : 9 things to know about the killer disease . experimental drug likely saved ebola patients . then he opened up . his fifty came from 63 balls , his hundred from 110 , and his 150 from 137 . by the time he was out for 170 , caught at mid-on off the bowling of abidine sahande , a human sciences undergrad from st john 's college , the total was only 310 . he knocked one spectator off his stool with a fierce drive , dented a peugeot 207 with the first of two successive straight sixes , and unveiled his full repertoire . stealing headlines and causing damage , pietersen might never have been away . 9 questions about this new ebola drug . pietersen 's inclusion in surrey 's line-up attracted several hundred spectators and a number of photographers .
kevin pietersen scored a century for surrey against oxford mccu . the 34-year-old scored an impressive 170 off 149 balls . it was pietersen 's first hundred since the old trafford ashes test in 2013 . england begin their first test with the west indies in antigua on monday .
. '' two weeks after that diagnosis , brantly said , `` my focus ... remains the same -- to follow god . '' pietersen 's quest for an improbable return to international cricket began as his scriptwriter must have known it would : with sumptuous strokes , a standing ovation and much of the old bravado . the fact that his first hundred since the old trafford test against australia in august 2013 came against a modest attack , at a windswept oxford , in a game not deemed first-class , is beside the point . pietersen 's only hope of playing for england again is to score lots of runs for surrey -- wind , rain or shine . here was the first box ticked , in style . surrey 's kevin pietersen -lrb- right -rrb- celebrates reaching his 100 during the three-day match at the parks . pietersen makes his way out to the crease following the dismissal of rory burns . it was the 34-year-old 's first appearance for surrey since the lv = county championship in june 2013 . who : ebola an international health emergency . that strong christian faith also echoed throughout david writebol 's comments about his wife . married for 40 years , the writebols have traveled the globe focused on their faith and their desire to help others . they are an ocean apart now , though plans are in the works to bring david writebol from liberia to be with his wife in atlanta . when they do reunite , david said , `` i would give her a kiss . hold her . '' asked what graves had said to him when the pair spoke over the phone last month , pietersen replied : ` he said he wants the best players playing for england , and everyone has a clean slate . right now , it 's just about me hitting the red ball . i think it can help england going forward . ` i took confidence from the way i played in australia -lsb- at the big bash -rsb- . it was as well as i 've ever batted . i 've been given a lifeline , and i have an opportunity to get back to doing something i love that was taken away from me prematurely . ' england meet west indies in antigua on monday , and comparisons will be inevitable . there will be mixed feelings both in the caribbean and at lord 's . whether pietersen 's journey will prove more futile than fruitful is another matter . the first aim of the new regime at the ecb has been to stop the sniping ; the second may be to keep pietersen sweet in case english cricket needs him after he retires , possibly in a mentoring capacity . regardless , the evidence here -- as if it were required -- suggested he is deadly serious about reclaiming his place . pietersen has played exclusively twenty20 cricket throughout the world since being axed by england . a young spectator points to a dent in her mother 's car made by one of pietersen 's shots . pietersen made 62 on his only prior appearance at the parks , for nottinghamshire in april 2004 . with surrey 122 for five at lunch , pietersen -lrb- left -rrb- found himself on 47 not out from 58 balls . nearly 10 years on from his ashes-clinching century at the oval , pietersen can not have imagined he would need to prosper in the parks simply to stay afloat . but in front of a crowd of several hundred -- almost unheard of in these parts -- and with surrey stumbling to 113 for five , he had a captive audience and a job to do . pietersen was careful at first , waiting until his eighth delivery to pinch his first run in red-ball cricket since the sydney test of january 2014 , and not finding the boundary until his 31st . after that , the couple would n't necessarily go back to the comforts of america and more coffee from starbucks . ebola might have derailed them , but it has n't changed their purpose in life . `` we are n't going to stop our ministry , '' david writebol said . `` we believe we can serve wherever god sends us . '' ebola virus : 9 things to know about the killer disease . experimental drug likely saved ebola patients . then he opened up . his fifty came from 63 balls , his hundred from 110 , and his 150 from 137 . by the time he was out for 170 , caught at mid-on off the bowling of abidine sahande , a human sciences undergrad from st john 's college , the total was only 310 . he knocked one spectator off his stool with a fierce drive , dented a peugeot 207 with the first of two successive straight sixes , and unveiled his full repertoire . stealing headlines and causing damage , pietersen might never have been away . 9 questions about this new ebola drug . pietersen 's inclusion in surrey 's line-up attracted several hundred spectators and a number of photographers .
spoke about their struggles now to overcome ebola . brantly , 33 , went to liberia with his wife and two children last year to serve a two-year fellowship through a samaritan 's purse post-residency program to practice general medicine . infected u.s. doctor long drawn to mission work . kevin pietersen battered oxford 's students for 170 off 149 deliveries in his first game of red-ball cricket for 15 months -- then insisted the incoming ecb chairman colin graves has told him everyone has a ` clean slate ' . but everything changed when ebola started to sweep through west africa . brantly got a new role as medical director for the samaritan 's purse ebola consolidated case management center in monrovia . `` i held the . '' two weeks after that diagnosis , brantly said , `` my focus ... remains the same -- to follow god . '' pietersen 's quest for an improbable return to international cricket began as his scriptwriter must have known it would : with sumptuous strokes , a standing ovation and much of the old bravado . the fact that his first hundred since the old trafford test against australia in august 2013 came against a modest attack , at a windswept oxford , in a game not deemed first-class , is beside the point . pietersen 's only hope of playing for england again is to score lots of runs for surrey -- wind , rain or shine . here was the first box ticked , in style . surrey 's kevin pietersen -lrb- right -rrb- celebrates reaching his 100 during the three-day match at the parks . pietersen makes his way out to the crease following the dismissal of rory burns . it was the 34-year-old 's first appearance for surrey since the lv = county championship in june 2013 . who : ebola an international health emergency . that strong christian faith also echoed throughout david writebol 's comments about his wife . married for 40 years , the writebols have traveled the globe focused on their faith and their desire to help others . they are an ocean apart now , though plans are in the works to bring david writebol from liberia to be with his wife in atlanta . when they do reunite , david said , `` i would give her a kiss . hold her . '' asked what graves had said to him when the pair spoke over the phone last month , pietersen replied : ` he said he wants the best players playing for england , and everyone has a clean slate . right now , it 's just about me hitting the red ball . i think it can help england going forward . ` i took confidence from the way i played in australia -lsb- at the big bash -rsb- . it was as well as i 've ever batted . i 've been given a lifeline , and i have an opportunity to get back to doing something i love that was taken away from me prematurely . ' england meet west indies in antigua on monday , and comparisons will be inevitable . there will be mixed feelings both in the caribbean and at lord 's . whether pietersen 's journey will prove more futile than fruitful is another matter . the first aim of the new regime at the ecb has been to stop the sniping ; the second may be to keep pietersen sweet in case english cricket needs him after he retires , possibly in a mentoring capacity . regardless , the evidence here -- as if it were required -- suggested he is deadly serious about reclaiming his place . pietersen has played exclusively twenty20 cricket throughout the world since being axed by england . a young spectator points to a dent in her mother 's car made by one of pietersen 's shots . pietersen made 62 on his only prior appearance at the parks , for nottinghamshire in april 2004 . with surrey 122 for five at lunch , pietersen -lrb- left -rrb- found himself on 47 not out from 58 balls . nearly 10 years on from his ashes-clinching century at the oval , pietersen can not have imagined he would need to prosper in the parks simply to stay afloat . but in front of a crowd of several hundred -- almost unheard of in these parts -- and with surrey stumbling to 113 for five , he had a captive audience and a job to do . pietersen was careful at first , waiting until his eighth delivery to pinch his first run in red-ball cricket since the sydney test of january 2014 , and not finding the boundary until his 31st . after that , the couple would n't necessarily go back to the comforts of america and more coffee from starbucks . ebola might have derailed them , but it has n't changed their purpose in life . `` we are n't going to stop our ministry , '' david writebol said . `` we believe we can serve wherever god sends us . '' ebola virus : 9 things to know about the killer disease . experimental drug likely saved ebola patients . then he opened up . his fifty came from 63 balls , his hundred from 110 , and his 150 from 137 . by the time he was out for 170 , caught at mid-on off the bowling of abidine sahande , a human sciences undergrad from st john 's college , the total was only 310 . he knocked one spectator off his stool with a fierce drive , dented a peugeot 207 with the first of two successive straight sixes , and unveiled his full repertoire . stealing headlines and causing damage , pietersen might never have been away . 9 questions about this new ebola drug . pietersen 's inclusion in surrey 's line-up attracted several hundred spectators and a number of photographers .
-lrb- cnn -- like the other american who volunteered others africa ended ebola, nancy writebol is driven first. still, that does n't does need -- or deserve pick. so, after arriving atlanta 's emory university hospital from liberia nancy writebol asked -- coffee starbucks that definite plus about being back, though acknowledges beat the deadly disease `` i do n't believe we say she in clear, -lrb- but would '' her husband, david writebol said friday. ''... i praying like never. '' ` unassuming ' woman of faith thrust spotlight. on spoke his wife 's illness, the other infected american, being the same atlanta hospital spoke publicly. dr kent brantly in receiving `` the very best care '' growing stronger. '' brantly the writebols talked what led liberia, where thrust poverty disease with a mission focusing those. they also spoke their struggles now to overcome ebola. brantly, 33 went liberia with last serve through a samaritan 's purse post-residency program to practice general medicine. infected u.s. doctor long drawn mission work. kevin pietersen battered oxford 's students 170 off 149 deliveries red-ball cricket for 15 months -- then insisted the incoming ecb chairman colin graves has told everyone a ` clean slate. but everything changed ebola sweep west africa. brantly got a new role medical director the samaritan 's purse ebola consolidated case management center monrovia. `` i held the hands countless individuals as this terrible disease took away, '' friday. `` i witnessed the horror firsthand still every face name. '' it in monrovia where brantly said he `` immediately isolated '' himself after first feeling. three days, his ebola diagnosis though n't trigger the emotional response one `` when the result positive, i remember a deep sense peace beyond all understanding, ''. `` god was reminding taught years, that will give everything i faithful '' two weeks that diagnosis, brantly, my focus... remains -- to follow god. '' pietersen 's quest an improbable return his scriptwriter must : with sumptuous strokes, much of the old bravado. the fact his first hundred since the old trafford test against august came against a modest attack, at a windswept oxford, a game not deemed first-class, is beside pietersen 's only hope playing england again score lots surrey -- wind, rain here was the first box ticked, in style. surrey 's kevin pietersen -lrb- right -rrb- celebrates reaching during the parks. pietersen makes out following the dismissal rory burns. it the 34-year-old 's first appearance surrey the lv = county championship june. who : ebola an international health emergency. that strong christian faith also echoed throughout david writebol 's comments his wife. married for, the writebols traveled focused their faith their desire they an ocean apart now, though plans david writebol from liberia be with atlanta when do reunite, david said, `` i would give her. hold her. 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'' ebola virus : 9 things the killer disease. experimental drug likely saved ebola patients. then he opened. his fifty came 63 balls, hundred 110, 150 137 by the time out for 170, caught at midon off the bowling of abidine sahande a human sciences undergrad st john 's college the total only 310 he knocked one spectator a fierce drive, dented a peugeot 207 with first two successive straight sixes unveiled his full repertoire. stealing headlines causing damage, pietersen might never away. 9 questions this new ebola drug. pietersen 's inclusion surrey 's line-up attracted several hundred spectators photographers.
. '' two weeks after that diagnosis , brantly said , `` my focus ... remains the same -- to follow god . '' pietersen 's quest for an improbable return to international cricket began as his scriptwriter must have known it would : with sumptuous strokes , a standing ovation and much of the old bravado . the fact that his first hundred since the old trafford test against australia in august 2013 came against a modest attack , at a windswept oxford , in a game not deemed first-class , is beside the point . pietersen 's only hope of playing for england again is to score lots of runs for surrey -- wind , rain or shine . here was the first box ticked , in style . surrey 's kevin pietersen -lrb- right -rrb- celebrates reaching his 100 during the three-day match at the parks . pietersen makes his way out to the crease following the dismissal of rory burns . it was the 34-year-old 's first appearance for surrey since the lv = county championship in june 2013 . who : ebola an international health emergency . that strong christian faith also echoed throughout david writebol 's comments about his wife . married for 40 years , the writebols have traveled the globe focused on their faith and their desire to help others . they are an ocean apart now , though plans are in the works to bring david writebol from liberia to be with his wife in atlanta . by england . a young spectator points to a dent in her mother 's car made by one of pietersen 's shots . pietersen made 62 on his only prior appearance at the parks , for nottinghamshire in april 2004 . with surrey 122 for five at lunch , pietersen -lrb- left -rrb- found himself on 47 not out from 58 balls . nearly 10 years on from his ashes-clinching century at the oval , pietersen can not have imagined he would need to prosper in the parks simply to stay afloat . but in front of a crowd of several hundred -- almost unheard of in these parts -- and with surrey stumbling to 113 for five , he had a captive audience and a job to do . pietersen was careful at first , waiting until his eighth delivery to pinch his first run in red-ball cricket since the sydney test of january 2014 , and not finding the boundary until his 31st . after that , the couple would n't necessarily go back to the comforts of america and more coffee from starbucks . ebola might have derailed them , but it has n't changed their purpose in life . `` we are n't going to stop our ministry , '' david writebol said . `` we believe we can serve wherever god sends us . '' ebola virus : 9 things to know about the killer disease . experimental drug likely saved ebola patients . then he opened up . his fifty came from 63 balls , his hundred from 110 , and his 150 from 137 . by the time he was out for 170 , caught at mid-on off the bowling of abidine sahande , a human sciences undergrad from st john 's college , the total was only 310 . he knocked one spectator off his stool with a fierce drive , dented a peugeot 207 with the first of two successive straight sixes , and unveiled his full repertoire . stealing headlines and causing damage , pietersen might never have been away . 9 questions about this new ebola drug . pietersen 's inclusion in surrey 's line-up attracted several hundred spectators and a number of photographers .
 The text is about Peter Sersen, an English cricketer who played for Surrey and England. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor two weeks after his diagnosis, he said that his focus remains the same. He wants to follow God and play cricket for England again. He has been traveling the globe, focusing on his faith and helping others.