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Out of the Dark Year🌅⛩🎉 (Week 68)

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How's it going all of my beautiful friends and family!? Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years! Due to our New Years adventures here in Japan, I don't have any time to write today, so I hope all the pictures will do! New Years is a big deal in Japan because it is the Land of the Rising Sun. This morning we woke up super early and trained down to Enoshima Island to see the first Sunrise of 2018. It was awesome and I had a lot of opportunity to reflect on how blessed we really are to be a part of God's beautiful creation. He has a plan for us. I don't always understand that plan, but I will always trust it. Heavenly Father lives and He loves all of us!

In other news, I just finished my dark year (the year that I don't see my family)! A mission is amazing and it's been quite the adventure. I love the mission and I love the Lord. I also love my family though and am excited to see them again later this year. Keep on keepin on!  愛しています!

-Elder Sadler

PS. The video below is the first sunrise of 2018

Mochitsuki (Translated as "pounding rice", a Japanese New Year's Tradition.)

Mochitsuki Continued

This is how we do sushi in Japan


Shokuji with the Tanaka K


Enoshima Island


Views from the 6

Squad Pic

Squad Pic 2

Squad Pic 3

Squad Pic 4

Roll Tide!


Fuji (off in the distance on the right side of the pic)

The Candle


My Dude


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