Category Archives: Missions

Did you want to sponsor a Compassion International child, but can’t commit to the $38/month cost? Now you have a second chance… for free! Hearing about our effort at Mosinee UMC, an anonymous donor has offered to pay the monthly fee for anyone who would like to sponsor a child. Here’s how it works: Contact Shelli Welch (welchbs@hotmail.com or 715-693-5440) with your name, phone number, address, and email.

When Mike Strasburg felt intense pain in his stomach last spring, he had no idea that gall stones would lead to acute pancreatitis. Mike lay in hospitals for months in Wausau, Marshfield and Madison, often unconscious, sometimes near death. Meanwhile his wife Terri and one or more of their 14 children (many adopted) made the trip daily or spent nights at his bedside. Eventually, the stress began to cause heart problems for Terri.