What makes me the happiest about producing wedding films is being able to share a portrait of who each couple really is… a brief glimmer into their lives. When I first started working with and spending time getting to know Christella and Derrick, it quickly became clear that these two were opposites coming together.
In a nutshell: Derrick is an engineer, Christella is not, and they both love Jesus.
In his youth, Derrick built towers, bridges, explosives, and guns. Now he tries his hand at activities such as motorcycling and hang gliding. Christella, on the other hand, has never come close to trying these things, and probably has never wanted to. Derrick has also been a follower of Christ for most of his life whereas Christella didn’t know Jesus until college. But from the time these two met in their church small group, their desire to selflessly love people and experience God’s wonderful creation has been a strong catalyst in forming their relationship.
Nothing demonstrates this better than how much Derrick desires to live life with Christella and how she has repeatedly gone beyond her comfort zone to explore new activities with Derrick.
The moment I learned Christella had never ridden a motorcycle before, but would be open to the idea, I knew this was going to be a key theme in their engagement film. The simple action of her getting on the back of a motorcycle with Derrick captured their personalities, love and trust in each other perfectly.
However, as much as I am excited to share this small story of C+D with you, the most important part of their story is actually not their own… but Christ’s.
They wanted it to be clear throughout their wedding that it is not any action of their own that will sustain their marriage, but by wholly depending on God first and trusting in the work of his Son. Between the sermon at their ceremony, the toasts at the reception and this engagement video, I believe that it was.
Stay tuned for the wedding highlights.
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