Welcome to This is the Gospel, an LDS living podcast where we feature real stories from

real people who are practicing and living their faith every day.

I'm your host, Corinne Le.

There are more than a few stories in scripture about the people of God being led into a waiting

space.

And if those stories are any indication of what we can all expect from the practice of

our faith, there will most likely be a time that we're called upon to wait and wait

and wait.

I think sometimes for me, the real challenge of this waiting comes as I try to maintain

my faith and trust in God when I'm right in the middle of it.

This week our story comes from Isaac Thomas.

His unique experience as an African-American member of the church in the 1970s sheds light

on a difficult time in history, and it also presents a beautiful illustration of what

waiting looks like when you do it with faith, humility, humor, and hope.

Here's Isaac.

I was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

I've been a member of the church for 46 years.

I was part of the Civil Rights Movement.

I was involved in the marching and the sit-ins and those types of things, and campaigning

and being a nonviolent protester for rights, not only for blacks, but for everyone.

That was what I was doing at the time when I was first started college.

It was 1967 to 1971.

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