Elder Dylan Sadler's Adventures in the Japan Tokyo South Mission

What’s good!? Hope everyone had a great week! The sun has been out, the weather has been great, and the bustling metropolis of Yamato has been bumping. We have been able to get out, get to work, and see some miracles. First thing this week was Zone p-day last Monday. We got the whole zone to come up to Yamato and have a big water balloon festival right in the parking lot. We had everything from water balloon volleyball to water balloon ultimate frisbee to one big water gun throw down. Not gonna lie, it was all Elder Jaeckel’s idea and I was pretty skeptical about it to start with, but it ended up being a ton of fun. ごめん同僚 .  Second major event was at our weekly park cleaning service this past Thursday . Elder Wood and I were on splits and got to have a good time playing in the dirt and harvesting tulips. After the cleaning, we decided to go explore the rest of the park and see if we couldn’t talk to a person or two. It was all fun and games until I ran into like three spider web...

What’s up everybody!? Hope everyone had a great week! Things were a little slow this week because I was sick so we were just trapped in the apartment most of the time, but I’m feeling better now so this coming week will be way good. Didn’t get to get out much but some awesome things happened this week. First off, Elder Dale G Renlund of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles visited Japan this past week and we had a opportunity to have a conference with him in Kichijoji on Saturday . Way awesome opportunity to be with one of the Lord’s chosen 12 witnesses. He talked about a lot of different things, but one thing he said that stuck with me was “When we lose perspective, that is when we get into trouble”. He also shared a story about a patient he had who was dying and needed a heart transplant. This man was on blood pumps and had approximately a week to live. Finally a heart was found that would be able to be transplanted into him. So the Doctors got to work and transplanted the new heart. T...

How’s it going party people? Sorry no weekly this week. I’ll let pics tell the story. It was good talking to the fam on Skype... Next time will be in real life... We got a fun p-day planned. Have a good one. -Elder Sadler 日本東京南伝道部 Zone Conference Post b-ball sushi run Entrance to a dope shrine last week Bamboo forest View from the top District breakfast/Elder Jaeckel’s Birthday Baptism!!!

おはようございます! Hope everyone had a great week! Things haven’t been too interesting over here in this side of the world recently. I think that leadership has two sides to it: a ministering side and an administering side. Elder Jaeckel and I have definitely been able to see the importance of the administrative side this past week. With the beginning of a new transfer, zone conference coming up this week, and the various other leadership meetings we attend, needless to say, things have been pretty busy. Despite all those things though, we have been blessed to be able to get out and see the beauty of the Lord’s vineyard. To start with, we’ve been able to talk to tons of people this week. The Lord is preparing people all the time and it’s always amazing to be led to those people and blessed to see the miracle. One way cool experience that happened this week was with our new homie, Fei. He is from China, fluent in Mandarin, Japanese, and English, and a hustler on the court. So our story begins...

What’s up everybody!? Hope everyone had a great week! The seasons are passing and the days are getting warmer! Taking the jacket off is definitely a great change of pace, but the sweat stained collars of my white shirts would beg to differ. On the bright side, suns out guns out, and my new companion Elder Jaeckel and I are out as well and talking to everybody we can! The mission’s the best. The work is rolling forward, the heat isn’t too unbearable yet, and we’re loving it! We’re making a Costco run as a district today so I don’t have too much time to write, but this past week was an adventure. As usual, every six weeks we have transfers, and this past week happened to be the one. Unfortunately, Elder Harrison was shipped out to Kofu, but my good friend Elder Jaeckel (pronounced similar to J. Cole *first things first, Rest In Peace Uncle Phil*) was transferred here to Yamato and we are excited to kick things off! So far, our time has been filled with a lot of planning, coordinating ...

Well, another amazing transfer has come and gone here in the Land of the Rising Sun. This past transfer went by quicker than Kim Kardashian’s first marriage, but has hands down been one of the best so far. Always busier than a Best Buy employee on Black Friday , running to and fro, learning all the time, and always blessed to see so many miracles. It’s been an honor to be able to be a servant in the Lord’s vineyard. One big thing I have been able to learn this past transfer is why a mission strengthens one’s personal testimony more than almost anything else out there. For anyone out there who has served a mission or met missionaries before, you know what I’m talking about. Missionaries always seem to have the strongest and most Spirit-filled testimonies and this past transfer, I have figured out why. The principle is very simple and the Lord said it best, “He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” No matter how much you seek for ...

Buenos días! Honestly, you’d be amazed at how many languages we speak here in the tiny country of Japan (roughly the same size of California if you were wondering). And sometimes I feel like I was sent here to find people who aren’t even Japanese lol. Don’t have a ton of time to write this week so I’ll get right into it! This past week was way good. We had lots of opportunities to go out, hit the streets, and talk to tons of people. Last Monday, we had a zone blitz in the Kamakura area. Put 14 fired-up missionaries in one concentrated city and you’re bound to see miracles. As a zone, we were able to talk to tons of people and find several new people to teach. Big success. We also the opportunity to go on splits with the AP’s this week. Elder Harrison went with Elder Poff and I went with Elder Morris. Once again we talked to tons of people and found several new people to begin teaching.    The last/biggest miracle this week was on splits with Elder Wood last Saturday. Th...