BRADEN'S HEART!

For the first time in 8 months on the mission i felt the need to give one of the "you matter" hearts to a convert. She asked us why we keep visiting her or talking her if she isnt attending church and she just felt so bad about it. And I looked at her in the eyes and starting crying a lot and told her the story of Braden (ive never told anyone this on the mission until now) and I told her im here just to help people feel peace and happiness, im not just here to baptize and get mad if someone doesnt attend church, and I said you mean everything in the eyes of God and Jesus did all of these things just to be with you and help you and I wanna do the same thing. I can see and feel the love God has for you and I want to share that love with you and make sure you know you are loved and "you matter". And then i stopped the lesson and ran back to my house to grab the gift and i gave her the little package with the hearts and I said I probably have 5 of these and this is the first one ive ever given out because I feel so strongly that you need this. And so I explained the gift and what it meant and started crying a ton because this moment was probably the most amount of Gods love ive ever shown someone in my life especially on my mission. And she started crying just being so appreciative. I can testify that I felt Bradens love and ESPECIALLY God's love in this lesson and this gift and I was guided to do these things. 

Love you more than anything family and I hope you guys have a great week and can feel the infinite and perfect love God has for all of you this week

Here's the photo of me giving the gift (just wiped the tears before this pic)

Remember you guys matter and if you havent thought it before let this email be proof