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Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto🤖🇯🇵⛩ (Week 69)

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What's up all my party people!? Hope everyone's boats are still floating! As some of you may already know, お正月 (New Year's) is a really big deal here in the Land of the Rising Sun. People go back to
their home towns and party with family. So basically anywhere that isn't a "traditional" area per say, turns into a ghost town. In other words, the dendo has been rough because there's no one to talk to lol.
Despite all that though, we were able to be in several members homes for dinners this past week and let me tell you, it was awesome. I can't even tell you how many times, I've walked into a member's home and thought to my self like "Oh man, there are six missionaries here. There's no way this will feed all of us." And then by the time we leave everyone is about to roll over and die from eating so much and the members are just like, "you guys barely ate anything. Here, take all this other food! Oh, and we forgot desert!" Oh well, there are worse problems to have I guess.

Other than Shogatsu and everyone being out of town though, it's been a pretty good week. In the way of investigators, it's looking pretty rough right now. We were able to meet with our homie Reb from the Philippines this past week. He met missionaries for the first time a while back so it was the first time to meet him for Elder Low and me. He's a cool guy though. Solid Christian background so we are excited to try to work with him more in the future. Other than that, a couple others are starting to come out of the works this coming week but I'll keep you updated as we go along. We just gotta continue to get out and find some new people to teach!

I appreciate the emails and the updates on life! Hope everyone has a good week and a happy New Year. Make some good resolutions and let's all become more like our Savior, Jesus Christ. Until, next week, my brethren, adieu.

-Sadler長老
Christmas Conference. Shoutout to my trainer Elder Dowdle
who returned home with honor this past week.

Taneda Family

Kanji Calligraphy 101

First sunrise of 2018

Waiting for the train in the freezing cold
Tokyo South Mission Dec. 2017

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