Spring break is just around the corner, so as you’re packing up for your very own trip, here are some favorite memories of Milligan graduates’ past spring breaks.
Graduate Daniel Ball said his best spring break was his junior year when his best friend, Colby, paid for him to fly in to Denver, Colo. They stayed four days in Colorado Springs where they spent their days hiking. To top off the trip, Ball and his friend went skiing at Breckenridge where they enjoyed the perks of a stay in a mountain lodge, free ski rentals and discounted lift tickets.
“It’s important to note I had never skied before. So I spent much of the day on my face,” Ball said.
For graduate Callie West, the best memories of spring break were made her sophomore and junior years at a lake house in Lake Martin, Ala. West reminisced on her time at Milligan as time with “family,” and spring breaks with that family were the best.
“We left at the end of the week. With it still being cool, playing in the water was not a thing. However, we laid in the warm sun, rode the boat and did tons of sitting in a circle talking,” West said. “Spring break in college was one of the last few times to be free. I would take them back and do them all over again if I could.”
Recent graduates Caroline Gill and Amy Aubrey chose their mission trip to Piedras Negras, Mexico, last year as their favorite spring break, although each shared a different memory about what made it a special trip.
While Aubrey was not in school for this trip it still managed its way to the top of her list. She said, “It’s hard to pick just one favorite moment, because the whole trip was full of great memories, but I loved playing soccer every night on the concrete court with the kids in the neighborhood where we stayed.”
“It was definitely the most rewarding trip I’ve been on,” Gill said. She described the bittersweet moment of saying goodbye and realizing the trip had made a bigger impact on her life than she could have imagined. Gill said how she realized, as she was serving side by side with teammates, how important being part of a team at Milligan really was to her. “I love my girls, and I’m so thankful that God presented us with that opportunity.”