Tag: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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…

5/16/26 Hello, friends! Just like that another week has gone by and we are back again to report on the things we’ve been up to. Thanks for coming joining us! Let’s see what we have to report on this week. Sunday was Mother’s Day, as you know, and I had a great day celebrating my…

5/9/26 What do you do with seventeen hours and forty minutes of daylight each day? Sleep less! And work, play, and bake more, apparently! Here’s what we’ve been up to through the first week of May and a lot of daylight hours. This is the piano in the church building in Reykjavik. The organ is…

5/2/26 Throughout the course of our mission Todd and I have had the privilege of meeting and working with so many different people. We have enjoyed a variety of interesting experiences with others, many of which we’ve shared with you, that have stretched us in ways we would never have imagined. We are thankful for…

4/25/26 This hill is just outside the main window in our apartment. We look at it everyday, several times a day. I think it is incredibly beautiful. If you look at it closely you will see basalt columns and other remnants of an ancient lava flow. You will see moss and plants that are just…

4/18/26 Hello, everybody! It’s time for another Richardson Missions update. Let’s see what this week has in store for us. Of course, we will start with Sunday. Here we go! We went to church in Selfoss on Sunday and really enjoyed visiting with the saints there. Todd and I both spoke in sacrament meeting. The…

4/11/26 This week began with Easter Sunday and General Conference. We enjoyed participating in the meetings and we hope you were able to as well. This was our last general conference in Iceland; for October’s conference we will be back in Oregon. For the past four conferences we have joined with the missionaries and some…