CONGREGATIONAL
TOUR PARTICIPANT
"I
heard a very wise comment that I'd like to pass on
to you from our incredible tour guide as we were en
route to our hotel after having just arrived in Israel.
He said, 'Guys, welcome home! If you are wondering
why you have not been here sooner, don't ask WHY?
You're here now. G-d has a plan for everyone.' With
that I cried. He was so right. It was so true. The
timing for our family was completely b'shert. I promisse,
if you have not yet had the opportunity to experience
our great homeland, it will be the life-changing experience
everyone talks about. It certainly was for my family...
Our 11-year-old told his grandmother on the phone
'Nanny, it was the trip of a lifetime - I can't wait
to go back for my bar mitzvah.' Our "bar mitzvah
boy to be" said to me on the way home at the
airport 'You know, mom, I don't really care about
my bar mitzvah party that much anymore... for me going
to Israel WAS the celebration.' I thought to myself,
wow, mission accomplished!"
N.F., Congregational Tour Participant, 2008