Felt, Dallin PT

Well, here it is, the final chapter of my mission! I cannot believe that my time as a full-time missionary and representative of Jesus Christ is running out. I mention this a lot, but time is going by TOO FAST. It was tough saying goodbye to the people in Vista Alegre. I'm grateful for the lifelong friendships that I was able to gain with the members, investigators, my companion Elder Berumen Montoya, and especially the recent converts of The Church of Jesus Christ. They are all incredible people that I truly do love with all my heart. Adelia Arias and her sobrina Stacy were baptized! And their entire family came! Half of them are less active, so it was lovely to see all of them together and happy at church. Amo a la familia Arias muchísimo. Lately, I have been studying about the life of Joseph Smith. My cousin Little Mike has been on the best senior trip in the world, visiting all the Church historical sites, including the Sacred Grove and Nauvoo (I went on the same trip before th...

Hey everyone! The work continues to push forward in the promised land of Vista Alegre! There is so much work to do! We are working HARD with the members working in the Lord's Vineyard. This week was one to remember because The Lord blessed me with many tender mercies! One of those tender mercies was running into members this week that I met in previous areas! Gordo and his abuela from the islands and Francisco from my first area! Both of these families have had a huge impact on me and my mission and it brought me so much joy seeing them again.  Another tender mercy experience I had was meeting a member with the same name as me! There probably aren't many latinos that share my name haha. Our parents named us after a remarkable apostle of the Lord, one of the best! Although he was blessed with the opportunity to to meet the legend Dallin H. Oaks himself when he came to Panama a few years ago! Kailey was baptized by her uncle and her grandma who isn't a member came! We are now...