Part of my secret sauce is I actually really enjoy getting to know people. I’ve always been a perceptive, emotionally intelligent person, but over my 10+ years producing and directing short stories I’ve learned to utilize that skill in the planning and production process.

For this project, I was hired as the creative director and producer to help craft 4 stories of how the Covid-19 pandemic challenged 4 pastors in South Africa, and how they rose above those challenges, with the help of Orchard:Africa, to continue to serve their communities.

I have had the true privilege of getting to know these 4 pastors over two trips the last 3 years, and it was those deep relationships that we were able to tell these powerful stories, and gain access into some communities that can often be a challenge for westerners to enter.

Thanks to Imago, Sun Valley, and Orchard : Africa for trusting me to spearhead this project. And thanks to Stucco and Tyler Hoff for Helping to shoot, write and be involved in the creative process.