The 1929 Kelsey Quilters
The Brave Sisters Who Found a Safe Place to Worship and Raise Families in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
If our life were to be reflected in a quilt, what would it look like? What if each piece represented what happened to us over our lifetime? Would even the worst of trials and the hardships we endure be part of a beautiful pattern? When put together, would we see how it has strengthened our testimonies of Christ? Would the service we give to others and our sacrifices for the Lord be the focal point of our design?
Isn’t a quilt just a little bit like all of us coming together to warm the hearts of our brothers and sisters and comfort the sick and needy?
The Kelsey quilt is so many things to me. Beverly Burnett Hamberlin sees the faces of all the sisters who came together in almost the same way at about the same time.
They all heard the message of the missionaries in the Southern states and were touched by the spirit when so many others listened to that same message and did not believe it
They came from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Each one experienced persecution from their neighbors, family, and friends, which caused them to want to go where they could be with other members who believed as they did. They wanted to worship as they chose.
The Lord provided a way for them to all come to the same place to find refuge from their feelings. Not just luck brought them all to Kelsey, but rather the Lord’s plan. He guided them with the help of the missionaries and provided a way for them to come together in a little safe colony to build up His kingdom and to help each other. The trials these sisters went through to come together gave them the strength and courage to raise families to serve the Lord. The posterity from this one little colony has spread throughout the world.
The 1929 Kelsey Quilters
The Brave Sisters Who Found a Safe Place to Worship and Raise Families in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
If our life were to be reflected in a quilt, what would it look like? What if each piece represented what happened to us over our lifetime? Would even the worst of trials and the hardships we endure be part of a beautiful pattern? When put together, would we see how it has strengthened our testimonies of Christ? Would the service we give to others and our sacrifices for the Lord be the focal point of our design?
Isn’t a quilt just a little bit like all of us coming together to warm the hearts of our brothers and sisters and comfort the sick and needy?
The Kelsey quilt is so many things to me. Beverly Burnett Hamberlin sees the faces of all the sisters who came together in almost the same way at about the same time.
They all heard the message of the missionaries in the Southern states and were touched by the spirit when so many others listened to that same message and did not believe it
They came from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Each one experienced persecution from their neighbors, family, and friends, which caused them to want to go where they could be with other members who believed as they did. They wanted to worship as they chose.
The Lord provided a way for them to all come to the same place to find refuge from their feelings. Not just luck brought them all to Kelsey, but rather the Lord’s plan. He guided them with the help of the missionaries and provided a way for them to come together in a little safe colony to build up His kingdom and to help each other. The trials these sisters went through to come together gave them the strength and courage to raise families to serve the Lord. The posterity from this one little colony has spread throughout the world.