We received a call from Dallon at 6:30 pm last night from the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas airport where he had a three hour layover. He sounded happy and well, although he told us that he had a little cold all week. He also said that he got to perform in a quartet for Sheri Dew at a devotional at the MTC on Sunday. She visited with them and complimented them on a beautiful performance. The music director told the boys that it was the best quartet that she had heard at the MTC. He is sending a video clip of the performance to us in the mail.
A funny thing while we were talking to him, he would stop to dig for pocket change for another elder who was using change for his phone call. We thought, what an act of brotherhood and it's wonderful to know that they were taking care of eachother. Dallon was in a group of 10 elders traveling together. There was another group of 20 traveling at the same time. He said while he was waiting around at the airport, a couple people approached him and asked him for directions in Spanish. He was able to understand and respond to them in Spanish. He was so impressed with himself.
It took him about 20 hours from the time he left the MTC to arrive in Chile. He got there this morning about 6:30 am our time (10:30 am Chile time). We are excited and waiting to hear from him and his Mission President.