Why SMI? It was a matter of conscience for the Stayskals
By Kathryn Nielson · Oct 25, 2022
Read about the Stayskals efforts to share the Gospel through White Thorn Events.
Dan Stayskal of White Thorn Events and his wife, Sarah, joined Samaritan Ministries for the same reason many others have: conscience.
Besides spreading the Gospel through White Thorn Events, Dan works in information technology at a company that provides health insurance. That insurance was starting to cover things that he and his wife don’t agree with, so he began investigating other options.
He wasn’t the only one. Several of his co-workers were doing the same thing for the same reasons, and one of them mentioned that he was testing Samaritan Ministries by switching one family member over. When Dan checked back with him a year later, his co-worker’s whole family had joined Samaritan and were loving it.
That was enough for the Stayskals.
Within the family’s first year of membership, one of his daughters developed temporomandibular disorder, also known as TMJ.
“I learned that I had picked the right organization, because some (other health care sharing organizations) do not share TMJ treatment,” Dan says.
The treatment cost was over $6,000.
“Financially, it’s really saved us,” Dan says.
Despite the recent Share increase, Dan says Samaritan Share amounts are still more reasonable than the health insurance premium he was paying through his job.