Do you want to join an organization that is bigger than yourself? Do you want to make an impact on other people that will follow you for the rest of your life? Do you want to feel happy at the end of your time spend on a trip knowing that you’ve done the most that you can possibly give? Well, if you’ve answered yes to all of these questions then you need to join an MAB trip.

MAB is a Mizzou Alterntative Spring Break trip. But what you don’t know if that they have fall and spring weekend trips, Thanksgiving break trips, and intersession winter trips along with an international summer trip! WOAH! Are you super interested now? Well yeah, you should be. MAB offers so many different things that you can get super involved in.

What you don’t know when you sign up for an MAB trip is that you’re going to make friends, laugh, cry, and experience things that drinking on a beach can’t offer you. During Spring Break, I get to serve at the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis Tennessee. Let me just tell you, for 9 days I got to spend time with the strongest and bravest young kiddo’s fighting battles that we’ll never be able to know about. I got to spend time with 10 other amazing and inspirational service leaders who made me so happy, so sad, and so thankful for them. These aren’t things that you know when you sign up for MAB.

My favorite part about MAB is the memories. For 9 days I got to talk about my life, my experiences, and hear about others’. I got to share advice, receive advice, and laugh about so many inside jokes. Even to this day we have a group chat going. Those are not things that they tell you when you sign up for a MAB trip.

They don’t tell you about all of the moments during your trip that you want to cry because of how thankful you are of your life. They don’t tell you about the times that you’ll pray for the people that you’re serving. They don’t tell you that when you get back it's hard to adjust because the service life is just so much fun and is so underrated.

You should join an MAB trip because of the life experiences, the love that you receive and the way that your heart expands like it never has before. During my trip I got to walk about the beautiful area of Memphis. We got to try fabulous meals and do fun activities while in Memphis. We bonded like the dysfunctional and exciting family that we are. At the end of our 9 days, we knew each other like the back of our hands so it was only fitting that when we said our goodbyes, tears were rolling down our faces.

Join MAB for the change of heart, for stepping outside of your comfort zone and for you. Do it for the little girl who looks up to you and do it for your grandparents. Do it for everyone who can’t and everyone who can because the amount that you’ll grow is beyond what you handle.

Peace, love, and MAB~!