Category: Iceland

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…

9/8/24 Today was our mission farewell. Oh, all the feels! But, before I can tell you about it, let’s back up and review all of the things that have happened this week to get us to today.  Monday: flu shots and covid boosters. This was very exciting because we got to check off the final…

9/1/24 Our summer months have been filled with mission preparations. First, Todd needed to retire so we could serve our mission. He officially retired from teaching for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a seminary and institute teacher on July 19th. We did a lot of traveling to see family before we…

4/17/24 It took us about a week and a half to gather all of the information the Church needs to submit our applications for Icelandic visas. Here is a checklist of the things we had to gather:  When we finally had everything gathered I got it all organized, prepped, and ready to mail to Salt…

4/3/24 It’s been a week since this excitement began and we are already feeling the hand of the Lord in this process. He has reassured us. He has enlightened us. He is guiding us. He is blessing us. Our children feel His peace in their lives just as we do. We have learned more about…

3/30/24 At this point it was Saturday morning. We’d had our mission call for four days. I’d had one day of intense excitement, two days of sheer panic, one day a bit calmer with the small vaccination success. I was starting to feel better about things. Understand that Todd is an absolute rock. While I…