We flew out to Salt Lake after Dylan was set apart and spent a few days seeing some church sites. On Wednesday September 14, 2016 Dylan entered the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah to begin his service as a missionary. Elder Sadler will be in the MTC until November 14th and will be doing intense study of the scriptures and the Japanese language and alphabets (yes, alphabets, plural - there are two of them). He will be learning how to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and he will learn a little about Japanese culture.
Wednesday September 21, 2016 My p-day in the MTC is every Wednesday so expect emails then. I can read emails any day but I can only reply on p-day. I will admit, the first week of The MTC was really really tough. It was incredibly frustrating trying to learn the language, and trying to adapt to my new, very scheduled lifestyle. Since Sunday, I've been able to settle in a little more though and come to terms with having to be patient with myself as I learn the language and further learn the Gospel. On our second day in the MTC, we received our first investigator, Ohira san, who we have been teaching in Japanese! The first lesson was a total bomb shell, but as we have learned to stop trying to rely on ourselves and our own teaching skill, and start relying on the Spirit to teach, we have seen much success in just these few days. My companion is Jones Chōrō. We are not very much alike at all, but we work well together and generally keep each other in balance. Chab Chōrō is our dis...
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