Hi, I'm Dallin

I'm a newly married college student. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I'm a recently married college student studying Electrical Engineering and planning on going into Patent Law. I enjoy all sorts of things, but especially playing/watching football and basketball and also playing the piano.

Why I am a Mormon

I was born into a family that was already members of the church. During my childhood and teen years a lot of the time I found myself just going through the motions and not really thinking anything about the church or why I was doing the things I was. Eventually I got to the point where I felt like I needed to make a decision and find out for myself if I was really doing what I wanted to or just doing something because it was "tradition."
I said a prayer one night after reading some of the Book of Mormon asking for God to show if the church was really true and if I was doing the right thing. That night I didn't receive an answer, nor have I had one of those single experiences that I can point to that says "this is it." But that doesn't mean I haven't received my answer. Through small and simple things, maybe a testimony I heard in church or a small scripture I happened to read in a time of need, my testimony has grown and I have found for myself that this church really is true. And that's why I'm a Mormon.

Personal Stories

What is hope and what do you hope for?

In the world today hope kind of seems like a thing of the past. Looking at all of the negative things in the world can very quickly rid someone of their hope. Hope is patiently waiting for the Lord to keep His promises, and that may be one of the more difficult things in life. But thankfully we can put our complete trust in the Lord that He will always, without fail, follow through with the promises. What are some of those promises? That the righteous will be protected and blessed and that eventually the wickedness in this world will no longer be present. I hope for and look forward to that marvelous day when the Lord comes again to reign on this earth.

How I live my faith

I have recently been called to help out the other husbands in my ward in both their spiritual and temporary needs. It's been such a great but humbling experience. There are so many great guys in my ward and I feel pretty insignificant, but I can feel the Lord watching over me and guiding my thoughts and actions every day.
Aside from serving in my church calling I also just try my hardest to do the simple things that help remind me of God, for example scripture study or prayer with my wife or on my own.

Can a husband and wife be together forever? Do Mormons believe that families will live together in heaven?

Dallin answered...

I'm so grateful to know that I have the chance to live with my wife forever. It's such a sad thing to me to hear that some marriages only last until death. I'm so happy to not only know that if I live righteously I can not only live with my better half, but that I also have the chance to keep my whole family, including kids, together for all eternity.
Daniel answered...

When married by earthly power and the authority of man, our vows are "Until death do you part."

We believe that families can be together forever as part of our Heavenly Father's Great Plan of Happiness. His Work and His Glory is to bring to pass the exaltation and eternal life of man. He wants us to be even as He is and to return home to live with Him again.

Through the ordinances of his Holy Temples, God's son's and daughter's are able to make covenants. Through the power of His Holy Priesthood, be sealed together for all of time and eternity as Husband and Wife, parents and children.

Families were designed and instituted by God with the intent that they be forever. The love we feel in this life does not need to be cut off when we die. Those who have already died are not lost us forever. God has mercifully made a way by which all who would accept these saving ordinances can do so, living or dead.

We perform these ordinances for those who have in the past died so that they may have the opportunity of accepting them on the other side if they so choose to do so.

To what do you attribute the growth of the Church?

Angela answered...

I think the Church is growing because people see that there can be a better way to live, that they don't have to be bound by the chains of addiction, pornography, dysfunction and broken homes. We know that the most important thing in this world is the family and the future of this world is found in the lives of the children and teenagers we see on the street, in our malls and schools. The best thing we can do is teach them to be honest, upright and moral citizens who can contribute to the betterment of society. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that the family is incredibly significant--so significant that God wants us to be families forever, even when we die. This is huge for many people in the world who realize that their children can really be with them forever. There is tremendous comfort in that, and I think this is why so many people are drawn to this Church. It provides hope and peace.