Edward L. Kimball reports that Spencer W. Kimball praised the Hope couple for their faithfulness.
Edward L. Kimball, Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2005), 10, working draft provided on digital media
Spencer sometimes related the Hopes’ experiences to congregations as he preached tolerance and Christian love for all. He praised their exemplary faithfulness when it would have been so easy for them to succumb to bitterness.
A BHR staff member was informed that the Spencer Wl. Kimball diaries are closed to research.