Author: Pamela Richardson

12/21/24 Hello, Friends! Are you ready to jump into a busy week?? Here we go! We started with a full Sunday. Todd & I both spoke in the Reykjavik 1st branch. Todd spoke about making sure Jesus Christ is our focus at Christmas time and always. I spoke about keeping the Holy Ghost in our…

12/14/24 We began our week in Akureyri, Iceland. It is a charming little town with about 20,000 residents. Akureyri is built right along the edge of Eyjafjörður fjord and the setting is breathtakingly beautiful. On Sunday we attended the Akureyri branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The branch is small and…

12/7/24 December began with some real winter weather here in Iceland. On Monday we had a yellow warning across west and south Iceland. A yellow warning signals snow, strong winds, and sleet. It was an adventure! We’ve been in cold, icy weather for a couple of weeks and this storm brought in a lot of…

11/30/24 It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is over and December is here. The time is going by fast and we are so grateful for the chance to be here on our mission. To be completely honest, I’m missing my kids and grandkids this week. They’ve been grown and on their own for some time,…

11/23/24 This week started out with a busy, wonderful Sunday. Do you remember when I told you about our friend Doris and her son Perfect who were learning from the missionaries? Well, on Sunday morning before church, Doris and Perfect were baptized by Elder Pollock and Elder Nielsen. It was so wonderful to be a…

11/16/24 I feel like starting this post out with an explanation of more of the work Todd and I have been doing recently. We love, love, love the physical environment in Iceland. It is a beautiful place, the weather is interesting and fantastic, and there are spectacular things to see everywhere. But something else we…

11/9/24 This week has flown by! Get ready for Iceland picture overload and let’s start with Sunday.  We finished our district conference weekend on Sunday with a final meeting with our district members and our mission president and his wife. During Sunday’s meeting there was ongoing translation of three different languages – always two at…

11/2/24 As has become a pattern on our mission, our week started out with a lot of good food! On Sunday we went to church in the Selfoss branch and were greeted with love and open arms. The saints in Iceland are so welcoming! We enjoyed their church meetings, Todd got the chance to bear…

10/26/24 Yes, we begin another week with the story of another Icelandic sweater. On our journeys this past week we found another lovely small shop that is run by local women here in Iceland. There are eight women who knit the goods they sell (and one man who does wood carvings). They each take a…

10/20/24 Hello, Friends! We’ve had some fun this week! Come with us for a (maybe not so quick) review of our missionary work in Iceland.  We had the opportunity to join Elder Pollock and Elder Nielsen as they taught our new friend Doris. Doris is a lovely woman who has been in Iceland for about…

10/13/24 Our adventures in Iceland continue this week with more lovely people, beautiful places, and outpourings of the Holy Ghost.  On Sunday we watched two sessions of General Conference at the church building with several members of the church. We were glad to have the opportunity to meet many members from the Selfoss branch that…

10/6/24 Hello! Another week has gone by and we are having a ball! The weather is cool, the sights are unbelievably gorgeous, and my companion is hilarious and such good company. We’re both glad to have the first couple of weeks behind us. We are beginning to settle in just a bit, to not feel…

9/29/24 Let’s just say, it’s been quite a week. Last week we were in Utah, this week we’re in Iceland. Last week we were elbow to elbow with thousands of young missionaries. This week we’re elbow to elbow with another senior missionary couple! Last week we were confident. This week . . . Todd is…

9/22/24 We have come to the end of a really wonderful experience in the Missionary Training Center. Neither of us knew what to expect from this week. Todd didn’t go to the MTC when he was a young missionary so it was a first time experience for both of us. We have really enjoyed it.…

9/15/24 We’ve had one week of calm between the business of moving out, packing, mission prep and actually leaving. Some lovely friends hosted us for a week while we were in between these big things and it turned into a much needed week of rest. A highlight of the week was being set apart as…