By this time Norbert was in his 4th year of marriage and already had his daughter, Nicole Patrice Latoya Thomas. He had also 'given birth' to a radio production studio, which he designed and built and continued as it's chief engineer, for the Christian Brethren Media Team, feeding the local radio stations with weekly religious current news programming. Then in 1995, the US Embassy finally granted the long awaited visa for travel. Norbert took this opportunity to go in search of a new life, a different life than he had become accustomed to in Jamaica.
| A New Start
Norbert arrived in the United States on June 30, 1995 and within a few short weeks had found employment with Dale Laboratories of Hollywood, a high end, highly acclaimed and decorated, Kodak fitted photo finishing lab. About the same time, he was also led to the New Birth Baptist Church, a new ministry in the Miami area that had just outfitted itself with professional television equipment for its media ministry. "The Sunday I visited, was the Sunday the engineers were putting on the finishing touches to the system. The Senior Pastor, Bishop Victor T. Curry, had made a plea from the pulpit and I responded. I was told to return the following Wednesday for the regular weekly training. So I did. Well, much to my surprise, the Lord had me to be the one to train his people. I've been with the ministry ever since". |
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