A Utah artist recently took a life-changing trip to a small Texas town to make a special delivery for residents who are still recovering from a horrific mass shooting.
and personally delivered those paintings to each one of the victims' families.
Thirteen-hundred miles away in the small town of Huntsville, Utah, Johansen watched that story unfold. Turns out Johansen's brother and sister-in-law, Ross and Jolene Davidson, lived in Uvalde. They were on a leadership assignment by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."Have you considered you might be able to paint a portrait of those who have passed away? And I could hear him break into tears in his voice as he said that it has been on my heart and mind as well," Davidson said.
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, Johansen arrived at the Salt Lake City International Airport with two big wrapped boxes that read, "Uvalde Children Portraits, Extremely Fragile."
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