Daily Tribune feature that highlights kind acts.
When Dan Mehlbrech of Wisconsin Rapids walked into First Baptist Church a few months ago, he might not have realized how much his life was going to change.
“What he found was God, a faith family and a miracle,” Betsie Skinner of Wisconsin Rapids wrote.
Mehlbrech needed a kidney and was spending much of his time on dialysis.
Skinner’s husband, Rob, 55, felt he needed to help Mehlbrech, 48. After finding out the two had the same blood type, he went home and talked to his wife, asking her how she would feel if he donated a kidney to Mehlbrech.
“My initial reaction was one of fear and concern,” Betsie Skinner wrote.
“We both decided that we needed to pray about it,” she wrote. ”I prayed for my fears to subside and Rob prayed for God to guide him and speak to him.”
The prayers were answered, Betsie Skinner said. Rob pursued information about becoming a living donor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison hospital, and, on July 18, he donated a kidney to Mehlbrech. Betsie said the “two brothers in Christ became brothers for life.”
Support from the church congregation, Wisconsin Rapids community, Facebook connections and the Madison transplant team was appreciated and inspiring, Betsie Skinner wrote.
When Dan Mehlbrech of Wisconsin Rapids walked into First Baptist Church a few months ago, he might not have realized how much his life was going to change.
“What he found was God, a faith family and a miracle,” Betsie Skinner of Wisconsin Rapids wrote.
Mehlbrech needed a kidney and was spending much of his time on dialysis.
Skinner’s husband, Rob, 55, felt he needed to help Mehlbrech, 48. After finding out the two had the same blood type, he went home and talked to his wife, asking her how she would feel if he donated a kidney to Mehlbrech.
“My initial reaction was one of fear and concern,” Betsie Skinner wrote.
“We both decided that we needed to pray about it,” she wrote. ”I prayed for my fears to subside and Rob prayed for God to guide him and speak to him.”
The prayers were answered, Betsie Skinner said. Rob pursued information about becoming a living donor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison hospital, and, on July 18, he donated a kidney to Mehlbrech. Betsie said the “two brothers in Christ became brothers for life.”
Support from the church congregation, Wisconsin Rapids community, Facebook connections and the Madison transplant team was appreciated and inspiring, Betsie Skinner wrote.
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