Sarah's June 20th Email

Hey family!

So this week was fairly eventful! First off, Happy Fathers day! let us raise a cheer for the best papa in the world!!!! YAYAYAYAYAY!!!!

I love my daddy!

So, last week on p-day, our zone decided to have a huge slaughter ball competition (It's like, extreme dodge ball) with the other zone right next to us.

Our zone totally dominated! it was so intense! but I will have you know, it was not due to anything I did. I spent most of the time in the prison on the back wall of the opposite team. But, I did quite a lot of cheering on, and distracting the other team with trash talk. I'm way good at trash talk! so yeah, when I wasn't in the prison I was guarding the prisoners in the back and handing the balls I got to all the good dodge ball players on our team. I was a really good passer! The other team wasn't expecting that one!!!

Anyway, so on Wednesday, we had a breakfast appointment which made us sick for the rest of the day (like really sick...) so that was a blah day.

We had a really fun district meeting this week though. I gave a training on the Christlike attribute of Hope, and then after I sat down our District leader, Elder Ellis, announced that we would be playing a game. We were split into two teams (companionship against each other) He would ask a question from Preach My Gospel, and whoever answered first, got two points for the team. AND THEN, he would announce an item and someone had to put it on the desk faster than the other team.

This was a bad idea.

All but one of the elders had played football in high school and the only one who hadn't was Elder Yim, who is a Chinese fireball.

Anyway, there was elbowing, biting, tackling, and blood was drawn. But I am proud to say, I won a few points for my team, and we dominated there too.
but still, we probably won't be doing that again.

The topper of this week was the re-dedication of the Longfellow Park chapel. For the past year, we had been meeting in the stake center because last May, the longfellow chapel burned down, but they have finally finished it and it was rededicated yesterday.

It was so beautiful! We had President Eyring and Elder Packer come to the dedication. Sister Stevens was translating for our deaf investigator, Jonathan, and so we were right up front. The building was so beautiful and the talks were so inspiring. President Eyring told us that with the re-dedication of the chapel, we should rededicate ourselves to serving the Lord. And at the very end of the meeting we all sang The Spirit Of God. It was like everyone was giving their all to that song! It was truly amazing. Not a dry eye, I can tell you.

All the singles wards will now be meeting in the Longfellow Chapel, so that is where I will be from now on. Well, for another week. I think they will be moving me this transfer. I've been here too long.

Anyway, I ask that your prayers be with Elder Packer, they took him out in an ambulance. We haven't heard anything since, but I hope he's okay. He is truly amazing.

That is about all for the week. This p-day we are going to the aquarium, which should prove to be a lot of fun. I'll let you know how it goes.

I love you all so much! I miss you! Hope this next week is amazing!

Love,
Sister Dixon