About

We both grew up sensing God’s call to be ministers of His Love and presence. We also both knew we wanted to work in music. We met playing music…of course. :) David was leading worship at our church and needed a keyboard player for his team. Grace was slotted in. We locked eyes. The rest is history.

Three months later we were engaged and six months after that we got married. We had our first daughter, Winter Joy in 2012.

That same year, Grace started teaching piano to a handful of students. In 2014 we decided to officially start a music school together and Jacaranda Music Studios was born.

We also had the privilege of helping start a church plant in Fullerton, California. We led worship, helped build worship teams and worked to establish a culture of honest worship, worship that wasn’t performance or routine and worship that was running hard after God’s heart. We spent five years learning and growing alongside an incredible team of pastors and musicians.

In January of 2019 we had a strong, persistent sense that God was leading us to move. The question was…where? In April it became clear that God was leading us to help start another church plant in Cary, North Carolina. Leaving our family, community and business behind and uprooting our kids was a scary and vulnerable process. We found ourselves constantly right where God wanted us, in desperate need of Him. And He is faithful. God’s peace and grace held us tight through every turn, every up and down. It often felt like a wild rollercoaster and we were just holding onto God and each other for dear life. Now, a year later, we look back with gratitude and awe. We see the thread of God’s kind and strong hands to lead, care and protect. He truly sustained our souls this year more deeply then either of has had experienced before. He comforted us through difficulty, doubt and loss and provided all that we needed. He’s done more than we could have ever asked or imagined and we are humbled and thankful for His faithfulness.

This summer, we had the privilege of starting two God-dreams that have been simmering in our hearts over the past few years. We released our second single, with plans to continue recording and releasing seven more songs over the next year. We also started leading worship events in neighborhoods, public venues and churches.

Our heart’s desire in this next season is to encourage and edify the body through public worship services, partnering with and pouring into churches and releasing our music.

We have three treasures, Winter, Danny and Lucy. We love hanging with our people/God-community, wilderness adventures, reading, gardening, cooking, boats, trains and airplanes, going to new places and being silly with our kids.