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There is nothing I've done in this world[br]that's more satisfying than serving God.

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It brings peace to you, a joy that is not explainable. I cannot even explain it.

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My name is Nathan and I live in Birmingham, here in the UK.

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So after graduating with a [br]Masters in Engineering,

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I finished my university [br]during the time of COVID.

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And during that time, I started looking[br]for a job and it was difficult

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but I thought it was because of COVID.

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So an opportunity came to work as a level three technician and I jumped at it,

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hoping that since it was in engineering, [br]I would have career progression.

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But to my surprise, it didn’t happen as [br]I thought and it wasn’t easy as I thought.

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And when I started working at that place,

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I remember walking from [br]one office to another

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trying to explain my skills, what I can offer to the company - but to no avail.

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They just did not have room for me.

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I didn't feel appreciated for the [br]kind of qualifications I had,

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since I had actually qualified [br]as a level six technician.

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This led to me moving [br]from one job to another.

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In a space of three years, [br]I had five job roles.

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And all this was from a place where [br]I was trying to have a better career,

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hoping for career progression [br]with better opportunities.

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Because in every job I'd been at, I didn't feel as if I was contributing as much as I could

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since I was level six; [br]I knew there was still more in me.

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The job that I had didn’t [br]really meet my skill sets.

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So at that time, it was so frustrating.

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I was jumping from one interview [br]to another - to no avail.

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Even having changed multiple jobs, [br]on my CV, it didn’t really look good.

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It started being suspicious to recruiters.

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Even when I used to call recruiters, [br]they would be questioning me -

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how come you are changing jobs so much?

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So, there was so much frustration [br]in me; I was unhappy in my heart.

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As much as I was grateful [br]that I still had a job,

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but deep down in my heart, [br]I was very, very unhappy.

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And also at that point, [br]I was planning to get married.

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I couldn’t really plan much because I was not settled enough - not in one place.

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I was moving from one city to another[br]and I did a lot of travelling as well.

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But then it happened in June/ July 2023,

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God put it in my heart to [br]volunteer with God’s Heart TV.

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At this point, I had been following God’s Heart TV on social media, on YouTube.

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I had been watching Brother Chris, listening to the messages.

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And I just thought, ‘I want to give back to God as He had been great to me in so many ways.’

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Although I didn't have much breakthrough in my career at that time,

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I was still grateful to God for what [br]He had been doing in my life.

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So at that point, I went on [br]the God’s Heart TV website.

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There was a volunteer form which I filled in and by God’s grace, the team got back to me.

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And I remember they said, [br]‘We are happy for you to join the team.’

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I remember speaking to [br]Brother Chris. He said to me,

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‘You joining us is not going to be a transaction.

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You should not join because you [br]want God to do something for you.

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Let it come from your heart and you will be surprised what God will do for you.’

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I had this in my heart and when I joined, [br]I met the wonderful team.

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It was beautiful. I was so pleased [br]to be part of the team.

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It was a miracle itself to be part [br]of the God’s Heart TV Team.

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And at that time, I was working in London, which was far from home.

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It was far also from the God’s Heart TV Studio in North Wales.

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Being part of the team, I was so eager; [br]I wanted to be more available for God’s work,

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to serve every service, and I wanted to be there whenever I was required.

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And I had it in my heart,

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‘God, if only I could have a job I could work Monday to Friday and free up my weekends.

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If only I could have a job [br]that's closer to home.’

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But as much as this was all [br]in my heart, I was so grateful

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that I still had this job I was travelling to.

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And this job where I was working also [br]used overlapping weekends,

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so most of my weekends were not free.

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Then it so happened that four [br]months after volunteering,

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an agency that I had not [br]contacted in a long time...

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I had given up on looking for jobs. I had given up even asking for career progression.

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I was just trying to be satisfied where I was but I didn’t have peace of heart.

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And they contacted me from ‘nowhere’. They rang me and said,

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‘We have a job opportunity for you close to Birmingham where you live.’

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And they were offering [br]me more money as well.

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At that point, I actually declined them - [br]‘I don't think I'm interested.’

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Because that money was not satisfying and it was still a level three.

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I thought I’d just be jumping from one job to another again.

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Then they came back again.

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They convinced me to go for the interview and see what it would be like.

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And to my surprise, I saw the [br]hand of God in that interview.

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I remember in the interview, instead of me convincing the managers

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that were interviewing me -

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‘Please, take me on with the company; [br]this is the skill set I’m coming with’ -

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they were trying to convince [br]me to join that company.

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It was so amazing to see when [br]they had my CV in front of them,

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how much they were appreciating me - something I had never seen.

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I had never felt that way before.

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In that sense, I said, ‘I'm ready to[br]jump at the opportunity.’

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They even invited me to come down to see the company, the site where they were working.

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And I remember when I was in the office there and they give me a tour around,

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they were still trying to [br]convince me to join them,

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telling me where they [br]were going as a company,

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and how they would carry me along as well.

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I said, ‘Wow! This is a surprise.’ And with all that, I jumped at the opportunity.

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I started the job last year, January 2024.

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And as I was working there, since they had promised me this career progression,

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it took longer than I expected.

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And as a human, I was tempted to think, ‘Maybe they have forgotten about me.

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Maybe it’s like what I used to do in the past, jumping from one job to another.’

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But by God’s grace, I stayed with them.

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And after a year, the Director [br]came to me and said,

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‘Nathan, we apologise that it has taken this long for us to promote you.

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But here is a job opportunity to lead the team you are working with’ -

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although I'm the youngest in the team and some people have more experience than me.

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They saw something in me that even [br]I myself don’t understand.

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And they said, ‘Here’s an opportunity for you to be Production Lead.’

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I just saw the hand of God there[br]as I took the opportunity.

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And now I'm actually working [br]as a Production Lead.

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And what surprised me - the Director actually apologised

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for taking long to give me that promotion.

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But looking back and with all the lessons I've learned from God’s Heart TV,

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God’s time is really the best.

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Looking back, I understand that God was really trying to make me understand more

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about the role I was going to take, the company and the team I was going to lead.

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And now, by God’s grace, [br]all glory to God - we are here.

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Right now, I’m quite settled.

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Even when the company plans, they carry me along about where they are going.

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So that has led me to planning on getting married; I even got engaged.

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I'm actually in the middle of planning a wedding because my future is more certain.

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And I’m also more available for [br]God’s Heart TV which is good.

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To be able to serve God is so satisfying.

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Usually I’m in the Technical Team, [br]which is mostly behind the cameras.

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My advice, mostly to the young adults - [br]get involved in the things of God.

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There is nothing I've done in this world[br]that's more satisfying than serving God.

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It brings peace to you, a joy that is not explainable. I cannot even explain it.

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And to parents, I really encourage you to please carry your children along

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with the things of God.

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If it’s going to church, please go with them.

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If it’s reading the Bible, [br]please do it with them.

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Let them know God because we live in a world that is very distracting,

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especially to the youth.

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We live in a world where there’s [br]so much going on.

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But if we focus only on Jesus, He’s the way - and we will not lose our focus then.