hank and bradens mission call

ok so the weeks flew by and i started to give hank reading lessons in between school and work and my church activities . it was great we started reading the BoM together and it was great he could read it so well but when it came to other reading material he couldn't so i got him flash cards and told him to study them when i wasn't with him . it kept me busy which kept me out of trouble ! braden was getting ready to leave for his mission and of course the whole distance thing just wasn't working it was just hard to not have him there for support as a new member he was my rock in the church but he just had a lot going on getting ready for his mission which i was so torn about i wanted him to go because just being baptized i had a strong testimony of missionary work but i also wanted to be selfish and keep him here . but he just wasn't there for me anymore i felt like he was trying to push me away just because it would make it easier for him to leave we fought a lot luckily his family was so great and they were there for me a lo and so was hank it was nice when i worked with hank i didnt think about all of that stuff i left it at the door ! i didn't realize it till i looked back on it but teaching him helped me more then i think i helped him it saved me i think if i wasnt involved in helping him i probably would have fallen away pretty fast but just witnessing the miracle of him being able to read the BoM even though his whole life he had never been able to read helped my testimony . it was great i stopped working with hank things just got so busy in my life and i didnt think he needed me anymore but i would stop by and keep in touch with him he was able to go to the temple a year later and be endowed and be sealed to his wife which was awesome ! im grateful for that experience it was such a blessing . Braden recieved his mission call to the Richmond VA mission ! i was excited for him i decided to go and say goodbye a couple weeks before his farewell knowing he would have a lot going on and i wanted to be able to have our time to say bye ! it was so hard i dont think i have ever had so much of a knot in my stomach as i did the day he took me to the airport i just cried . while i was up there his family had a special fhe and we went around and talked about what we were grateful for about braden and we wrote him a note ! i kept mine and gave it to him at the airport but that was one of the hardest goodbyes ever! even though we both kept saying " its not goodbye its see you later .." i think deep down we both knew it could really be goodbye ..........