Elder Ross Warburton:Mexico Puebla North Mission: Glass Half Full

Lots of stuff happened this week, but lets get down to my conference recaps.

First off, conference was of course the best. I especially loved M. Russell Ballard's talk. I always think that when someone close to a general authority dies they have an even extra added measure of the spirit. President Nelson was firing on all cylinders. I think the Lord is definitely using him to get us ready for the second coming. And of course a temple being built in Puebla was by far the biggest announcement made for us here. I had a feeling that a temple would be announced in Puebla at some point, but when the Prophet said he was going to announce 12 temples I knew Puebla was going to be one. The spirit immediately filled the room and it was amazing to see the reactions of the members. Our ward mission leader was one of the first converts here in Puebla all the way back in the 1950's. He had to go all the way to Arizona to be sealed to his wife; a trip that took 15 days and almost cost him his job. Seeing the tears of gratitude in his eyes when the temple was announced was something special that really made me realize how blessed we are to have temples so close to us and the importance of going to them. We have some inside information from a person who helped buy the land and the area seventy's son who accidentally posted on facebook that the temple will be in the Puebla North mission about 15 minutes away from the mission offices. Don't tell anyone i'm telling you this.

On Monday we had our real p-day and we went to the Ferris wheel here in Puebla at night because president gave us the whole day. I also went to pampas (a Brazilian meat buffet) with Elder Neff because he was the only one that wanted to go to celebrate my one year mark. Pictures attached. A lady from the Puebla sur mission randomly showed up to our offices and took us to give a blessing to someone that is in our mission, but in a different zone, a little weird, but a good experience. I'm kind of rambling lets see what else i can think of.

On Wednesday i turned a year old in the mission. It was a normal day, but i burned my shirt as is the tradition. We held a lovely program in which Elder Salerno read from the Bible and almost caught his shorts on fire. It turned out he just had a light on in his pocket, but all of us including him thought he caught his pants on fire and i was dying laughing.

Other than that, things were a little slower this week. It seemed like all of our teaching appointments fell through. We are going to have a baptism tomorrow, another grandson of Hermana Teresa se llama Paco. Hermana Glenda is still progressing towards her baptism date next week, so everything is good in that aspect.

Thanks to conference, i have been realizing all of the blessings we have as a church. As we listen to the words of the prophets, past and present, we will receive revelation and be blessed. Its interesting seeing the lives of the people here who follow the Lord and those who don't. There is such a difference in the peace and happiness that they have. I would invite you all to take President Nelsons challenge in the women's conference and read the book of mormon, marking every reference to Jesus Christ, before the year ends. Its what i'm am doing and has helped me to see the Lords hand in everything.

Have a good week!

Adios

Elder Warburton

México Puebla Norte