A Christian missionary that was shot in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is speaking about her ordeal at a church in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on S
Maud Kells had been working as a Missionary in DRC for 47 years before she was shot.
She trained as a nurse in Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and then served as a missionary throughout Africa, according to the Ulster Star.
Earlier this year she was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list for her work in various countries in Africa, however a few days later she was shot in an attack by bandits.
She said: "The bullet just missed my lung.
"It just missed a large blood vessel by a fraction of a centimetre.
"If it had hit that I would have died on the spot.
"It came out almost on my spinal cord.
"Another fraction of a centimetre and I would have been paralysed."
Maud Kells will be speaking at Lisburn Independent Methodist Church on Sunday.
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Article by Hannah Tooley
Hannah Tooley is a multimedia journalist for Premier.
