Coming on such an impactful trip like Muss, it is easy to think of so many things that I want to bring back home with me. I feel that I have changed so much and have become a lot more mature and definitely responsible. I have had the time of my life for these past three months in Israel. When I go back home I really want to share my experiences and make an impact on my community by spreading the “Muss Magic”. This program is unbelievable and absolutely amazing, but only a few people that I know are even aware that this trip exists. So when I go back home I want to make an impact on my community by sharing my experiences on this trip. That way more and more people will find out about the trip and I can still make an impact on my community. The impact that I want to bring back home to my community and is still not 100% clear to me. I do know that some of the values that I have learned on this trip I want to bring back and share with my community. The first value that I have learned is that being responsible and being able to care for yourself is extremely important. I live in a home with two helping brothers and two comforting parents. I did not come on this trip very responsible, I lost my things all the time, and I didn’t pack myself for trips. Coming on this program meant that I wouldn’t have a mom and dad to help me pack myself for trips or hold my stuff so that I wouldn’t lose it. After being on this program for over three months now, I have had to be almost 100% responsible for my well-being, my stuff, my grades, my money, etc. This has made me extremely responsible and mature. The value of responsibility I believe is extremely important in life especially for when I go to college and that is why this is one value that I want to bring home with me to make an impact on my community. The other ideal that I want to bring back with me is your Jewish Identity. At the beginning of the trip, we talked about how we would hopefully find our Jewish Identity on this trip. For the first month, I had no doubt in my mind that I would NOT be able to find my Jewish Identity. As the trip went on I was trying really hard to find out what my Jewish Identity was. I visited the Western Wall multiple times, I visited the 4 holy cities of Israel, and yet I still couldn’t figure out what my Jewish Identity is. Now that I only have 22 days left here I have started to do some self-reflection on the trip. I have realized that this whole time that I have been trying to figure what my Jewish identity is, I have known what it is for such a long time. After almost completing this trip, my whole Jewish identity and perspective have changed greatly. I now know what kind of Jew I am and what I still want to change. I really want to bring back this idea of finding your Jewish identity because I feel it is very impactful in your Jewish life. I have many ideas that I want to bring back home and share with my community. Almost all of these ideas and lessons revolve around the idea of me becoming more responsible and a better Jew.