A Life-Changing Journey: Roots Mission 2013
In March 2013, 15 teenagers from Pardes Channa-Karkur, Israel, went on a 10-day trip to Ethiopia, on a mission called “Roots,” to gain a better understanding of the sacrifices and difficulties their parents and grandparents had to endure to give them a more prosperous life as Israelis.
One particularly moving and exciting moment of the trip for all of the participants, was when one of the teenagers, Fassil Haile, met his grandmother for the first time. The meeting brought him and his fellow travelers to tears.