The strength I have that will serve me well on this journey to Israel is that I have been away from home on several occasions for long periods of time, and I can help other people when they are feeling homesick. I think that I am ready for this because when I was about 5 years old, I went to Israel for my brother’s bar mitzvah and I barely knew anything. Now, several years later I have learned about Israel, how to speak and read Hebrew, and I feel prepared to walk around and try my best to talk to people in Hebrew.