My First Memory Of Israel
By David Wiseman
My first memory of Israel is coming here as a 10 year old boy. After hearing so much about the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, it was a thrill to be here – from floating in the Dead Sea to walking through the Old City of Jerusalem.
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To walk the land of the bible with my own two legs brought those stories that were thousands of years old, to life!
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People have been waiting their whole lives to see the Kotel; many have not, but here I was as a 10 year old, able to see it, about to touch it.
I felt incredibly privileged and honored and that feeling has never gone away.