They're engineers from NASA and the Navy, these Black converts now lead an LDS mission | Episode 170

Mormon Land

English - February 25, 2021 15:41 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB - ★★★★ - 276 ratings
Religion & Spirituality Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Robert Kirby reflects on his career as a religion humorist | Episdoe 169

Next Episode: A deeper look at BYU’s report on campus racism and how the school can fix it | Episode 171

Michelle and John Amos are both converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Both are graduates of Southern University, a historic Black college. And both are high-powered engineers.

Michelle worked for NASA for 30 years, including as part of the team that developed the Mars 2020 rover. Her husband, John, after a 21-year career with the Navy and Navy Reserve, became an engineering director at the global company Siemens Energy.

Now the Amoses are overseeing more than 200 young Latter-day Saints as they lead the church’s Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission.

During this last week of Black History Month, the couple talk about their conversion, their careers, their mission and their perspectives about racial issues in their faith.