Sarah's November 2nd email

Hey all!

So it has happened! I am being transferred once more! Possibly for the last time. (I would hope so with only two transfers left) I am going down to Madison, CT, the farthest point a sister can get from president Evans. hmmm....I wonder what it means. So today is my last day in Storrs, and I'm going to miss this ward. They have been really great. My new companion is Sister Green, whom I have never seen before. Exciting!!!

This past week has been full of goodbyes. I'm bummed I'm going to miss Jacob and Mary's baptism, but what do you do? Hopefully they will send pictures.

Sadly, not a ton has happened. Jacob and Mary are still doing great. They are a week and a half without smoking or coffee, and when we ask how they are doing, they're like,

"Coffee? What's coffee? I don't even remember how long ago I had a cigarette. I've forgotten what that tastes like."

They're so funny.

So I will share a funny story, since I don't have much news:

We went to a less actives home for dinner this week, and they are very outdoorsy people, open flame fireplace and all. So Sister Allen and I were standing next to the fireplace, chatting with them, when the fire alarm goes off.

";Oh dear," she says. "It happened for no reason sometimes."

They get up and make sure nothing is on fire and we fan the smoke detectors until they shut off and we resume our places getting toasty next to the fire.

Five minutes later, the alarms go off again.

"That's weird." He says and they start to search the house.

As they were gone, Sister Allen and I look at each other.

"Huh, I say, "I hope the house isn't burning down."

"I don't smell anything" Sister Allen says.

As we hear the crackle of the fire behind us, the same idea strikes us at the same time. With wide eyes, we look at each other, and then reach down to touch the back of our skirts. They were MELTING!!!! Sister Allen's skirt had elastic lace that had hardened into a rubbery rope and mine had a big black spot on the back!

As we heard them come back in, I threw on my coat and we both sat on the couch, far from the open flame.

"Well, that's weird." He says "Nothing is off, but we are going to keep the windows open just in case."

"Strange." Sister Allen chirps.

"Very odd!" I squeak.

"We have to go!" We both say.

It was SO FUNNY!! we busted up the whole way home. Anyway, thought that was awesome.

I guess you all heard about the snow storm. We didn't lose power, but 75% of CT did, and trees fell on lots of the ward members homes. It'll be a week before they get power back in Ashford. They had to cancel church last week, and if it weren't stake conference this week, we would have to cancel church again. But no one is hurt. And the snow has made me bring out the ol' Christmas CDs. I am making Sister Allen listen to them.

So I love you all and I miss you! Hope this next week is great, I'll let you know my new address on Monday.

Loves,

Sister Dixon

PS, Sister Allen and I dressed up as The Book of Mormon and The Bible for Halloween. I was the Bible. :( But we got a lot of chuckles. Pictures will come.