Tag: Iceland

8/9/25 Hello, everyone! We’ve had some fun this week with big things and small things. Let’s start off with an unbelievable P-day we had with our friends Bragi & Áslaug. Bragi is the branch president of the Selfoss branch and we love him and his wife Áslaug. For months we have waited for a good…

8/2/25 Hello, everybody! We’ve had a good week. I am feeling good – thank you for your concern – and, as usual, we’ve had interesting work to do. I read a talk by President Thomas S. Monson this week called “Finding Joy in the Journey”. You can read the whole talk here. In it he…

7/26/25 Hello, everybody! Welcome back and thanks for coming to read our mission blog. Let’s do a day by day recap for this post. Here we go: Sunday: We attended the Reykjavik 2nd Branch on Sunday morning, as we do each third Sunday of the month. The entire branch presidency was out of town this…

7/19/25 We’ve had such an interesting week, I’m excited to tell you all about it. Let’s get started! We began our week with church in the Reykjavik 1st branch on Sunday. Of course we needed a picture of Kathryn & Dana with the Christus statue in our foyer. It’s such a beautiful work of art…

7/12/25 Throughout this past week we have seen the tender mercies of the Lord abundantly in our lives. Each day has come and gone with another reminder from our Heavenly Father that He is aware of us, that He loves us, and that He is guiding and blessing us. In a 2005 conference talk Elder…

7/5/25 A new month is here and we have new adventures. Well, some of the same adventures, but definitely some new ones too! Read on for our report from the first week of July. Sunday was a full and busy church day for us. After church there were two baptisms in the 1st branch and…

6/21/25 Another week has gone by and we’ve had all sorts of fun and work. Would you like to see what we’ve been up to? Read on! Sunday: Our daughter Erika & her husband Bridger were with us for the first half of the day Sunday. They came with us to the 2nd branch and…

6/15/25 Hello, everyone! Welcome to the next edition of, what is happening on the Richardson’s mission?! There’s something to be said for senior missions — they are not boring. While some things stay the same throughout the weeks there is always variety and it makes it so fun. And, my companion is wonderful and he…

6/725 Welcome to a special edition mid-week post! We had so much to share about our day on the Westman Islands that we needed a full post for all of the information and pictures. We’re excited to share with you! Let’s start with some information about the Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar in Icelandic) and how the…

6/7/25 Look what blew into Iceland!!! Get ready for family overload, lots of gorgeous sights, and tons of missionary work. It’s been a crazy fun week and we are exhausted and happy. Before telling you about Erika & Bridger there is something else very important from the start of the week! On Sunday Daníel Viborg…

5/31/25 Hello Friends! I’d like to start out by reassuring all of you that I am just fine. I appreciate the love, concern, and support you sent me after last week’s post when I shared my my horrible, no good, very bad day. 🙂 I love you for caring and praying for us. When Todd…

5/24/25 Hello Friends! Welcome to our week in review. Let’s get started with a few good things that happened on Sunday. During church on Sunday I had a meeting with Reddys Peña. She is the new relief society president in the Spanish branch and she and I met to do some training. The problem is,…

5/17/25 The beautiful month of May is in full swing! The weather this week has been gorgeous and our schedule has been a little less hectic. That combination makes for enjoying missionary work in the nearly endless sunshine that comes with living on the top of the planet. Today, May 17th, the sun rose at…

5/10/25 Hello from Iceland! As usual, it’s been a busy week. We’ve had lots to do. I think for this post we’ll go day by day with some highlights. Sunday: Meetings. Todd had a meeting before church. We had our regular Sunday meetings and took the sacrament during fast and testimony meeting. I had a…

5/3/25 Hello, everybody! Welcome to the first Richardson Missions post in the month of May! A new month is always exciting. I wonder what will happen?! Let’s find out together. 🙂 We started this great week on Sunday going to Selfoss for church. Every fourth Sunday we join their branch to offer support and fellowshipping…