MAB San Antonio1

MAB San Antonio1. This was the name given to the group of 12 strangers brought together with the purpose of traveling to San Antonio, TX to work with Habitat for Humanity. After the first few meetings where everybody sat spread out in the room, nobody would talk, and a couple of awkward icebreakers, I would have never assumed this group was going to end up being so compatible and full of personality. There was not one dull personality on this trip. So, of course, personalities clashed at times. But we only had 8 days together, so we were quick to forgive, forget, and move on to the rest of the week ahead. We made many memories like sleeping on tile floors, to sleeping in rooms with the thermostat on hell. Like that moment whenever everyone really wondered were we going to have cold showers for the whole trip. Or that moment when our search for dinner led us to the front of the Austin airport and at least half of us were down to try and go eat at this place inside the airport. The many Miracle jokes of underground tunnels and outdated contemporary church signs that ensued promptly upon arrival on Tuesday to our new place of residence. Or the many rounds of act it out on Heads Up, where most of us got more into it than we should have. Getting so close with the Habitat worker, who was our age, that he came to the church where we stayed and ate dinner with us. It's so many funny moments and inside jokes that I could go for days. So to...

Ryan, the laid back site leader that was willing to talk to anybody about any aspect of life and genuinely be interested in every conversation.

Sam, the site leader who knew everybody on the planet, that could keep my head calm by just being there to talk when people were going crazy.

Haley who had a great personality, was always down to hoop, and provided great laughs to everybody at the expense of her crazy cousins facebook fight.

Hannah who was always smiling, never had a negative comment about anything, and the person who was constantly the first one sleep after community service each day.

Kelsey who was always so full of energy, had a smile that light up a whole room, and non stop funny comments.

Isaac, the only other guy on the trip who wasn't a site leader and possibly the funniest person on the trip, always kept us laughing smart remarks to every situation.

Taylor, who was always laughing, making jokes, or telling a embarrassing story.

Emily who was always smiling, full of energy, and kept the group "Starbin".

Meg being the almost the mom of the group, even though she was the youngest, she was always making sure everybody was good and seeing if we needed anything done during service.

Katie, the best copilot i could ask for, keeping me entertained with stories of her botched 21st birthday celebration and trip to Memphis.

Caroline who was singing every song on the way home an entertaining us with stories of her ex boyfriend problems that were more than anyone could probably imagine.

I wouldn't have rather spent this week with any other 11 people. I think it's safe to say I made 11 new friends this past week. Thank you guys for the memories, the adventures, and laughs. I love you guys...