Nursing
Tears of joy replace tears of pain God brings Lipscomb’s health science alumni and students together to serve the people of Malawi Keonya Milam (pictured above), a senior nursing major, a working LPN and mother of two, doesn’t seem like a likely candidate to devote a month of her life away from family and livelihood to work in Malawi, Africa.
Keonya Milam assisted with surgeries and the delivery of babies in Malawi.
But then Sara Walker (’00), also a wife, mother and a health care provider, didn’t seem a likely candidate to inspire hundreds of people to donate money, time, muscles and their health care skills to citizens of another nation across the sea. Yet with a Divine influence, that is what has happened, with Milam becoming just the latest of hundreds of Lipscomb students to use their patient care skills at Blessings Hospital in Malawi. Milam wasn’t even sure she could do it herself, at first considering spending two weeks—at most—away from her children and husband. But Milam’s family was supportive of the endeavor, and God pulled on her heartstrings to commit to stay in Malawi longer, Milam said. “The Lord needed me there. And honestly, I needed to be there for myself,” said Milam. She ended up spending a month at the hospital, May 26 to June 23, and delivered a baby that she was asked to name, a tradition in Malawi. She named him King, after the Lord Jesus.
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