Congregation Ahavath Sholom means a lot to me because it is the synagogue my family started going to when we moved to Texas. This building has become a second home to me as I would spend my Saturday mornings there during services, and Sunday mornings there with my friends during Sunday school running up and down the halls just trying to avoid class. From the outside the building looks small but when you enter it is large in size as it has a pre-school, a small sanctuary, a large sanctuary, a library, many offices, and a large space for lunches/ entertaining. My favorite part of the building is the main sanctuary, where the red velvet chairs are engraved in my mind and there are beautiful mosaics along the walls depicting different stories. The main sanctuary is used primarily for bar/ bat mitzvahs and high holidays . During these different occasions the room fills with people ready to celebrate others and the vibrancy of the colors that come from the mosaics ties everything together. I’ve been going to this synagogue for the past 10 years and I am excited to see the changes that will be made to it in the future to make it more modern and appealing.