Tag: Senior Missionary

8/19/26 In March 2024 Todd and I submitted our mission papers, beginning the process of serving our first senior mission together. We had no clue what was in store for us when we received our mission call to serve in the Denmark Copenhagen mission, assigned as Member, Leader Support missionaries in Iceland. Who could have…

8/15/26 Two years ago we were packing and preparing to come to Iceland and begin our missionary service. Today we are (just about) packed and prepared to return home to our family at the completion of that service. Time flies when you’re having fun! Or when you are incredibly busy, serving, growing, learning, ministering, and…

8/14/26 Welcome to the Friday Night Special! In addition to being an amazing husband, father, missionary companion, leader, and friend, Todd is also an wonderful photographer. If you have been following our blog throughout our mission you will have seen some of the incredible pictures and videos he has taken. He finds great joy in…

8/8/26 Can anything about living in Iceland as full time senior missionaries be considered normal?! I’m not sure about that! But for our experience over the past two years this post is the last one about a “normal” week in our service. In ten days we go home to Oregon and those days will be…

8/1/26 In March 2024 Todd and I received our mission call to serve in Iceland until August 2026. At that time August 2026 seemed like it was years away because it was!! I cannot wrap my head around the fact that it is now August 2026 and in two weeks we finish our mission and…

7/25/26 Hello, everyone! We’ve had an interesting week full of a little bit of sunshine, a whole lot of rain, plenty of meetings, and all kinds of other missionary, ministering, and interesting opportunities. To begin, let’s talk about how terrific these elders are. On Sunday we attended two different branches with three different languages. The…

7/18/26 Hello from Iceland! We can’t believe it’s time to settle in for the last month of our mission. We fly home to Oregon one month from today on August 18th. Hindsight is incredible — where does the time go? I guess that’s what this blog is for! To show where the time has gone.…

7/11/26 For almost two years now Todd and I have been living, serving, ministering, and doing all kinds of work as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Iceland. We have also been using as much of our free time as possible to explore as much of Iceland as possible! This…

7/4/26 Here we are again in another week and another month! It’s hard to believe it is July already. The year is flying by and I’m excited to tell you about what we’ve been up to. We did not have a busy week; just a week with consistent work and ministering opportunities. Sunday: This week…

6/27/26 We have had a fun week! I hope you enjoy reading about it as much as we enjoyed living it! Read on to see just what made it so super fun and how “the ultimate treasures on earth and in heaven are our children and our posterity” (Dallin H. Oaks, October 2018). Throughout our…

6/20/26 Genesis 8:22 says, “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” I’m not sure if that applies in Iceland! The night has just about ceased! This weekend is summer solstice and we are having buckets of daylight. As you can…

6/13/26 Welcome back! We’re so glad you’re here to enjoy our week with us. It’s been absolutely packed full of friends, family, miracles, and missionary work. I think we’ll take this post day by day so I don’t miss anything. Go get a snack and settle in! Sunday: This week held evidence of those blessings…

6/6/26 June is off to an amazing start! We have begun about six weeks of absolute craziness. As President Nelson said, “Eat your vitamin pills. Get some rest. It’s going to be exciting.” Here we go! We were still in Akureyri on Sunday and we loved attending the Akureyri branch. They are small in number…

5/30/26 Hello, Friends! Here we are again with another exciting week on the Richardson’s mission. It’s hard to believe we are at the end of May and ready to jump into June! The months are flying by. We’ve had a great week, here are some of the things we’ve been doing: Todd has a great…

5/23/26 There have been a lot of one hundred’s in our lives this past week or so. Recently we passed the one hundred day’s mark until we go home. I have blown my nose and sneezed more than one hundred times this week because of a decent head cold! But, most incredibly, this post is…