<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/fall-1999/finding-hope-midst-desperation.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Finding Hope in the Midst of Desperation</title><excerpt>When she learned she had breast cancer, Barbara Malacarne Milligan ’71 cried out to God. “Why did you let this happen to me? Do I really have to lose my breast? Will the cancer keep coming back and eventually kill me?” She persisted in questioning as she worked through her emotional turmoil, and God responded with his presence and his love.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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