Meet Storyteller Rose Finley

by Stanley LearyPhotography

I first met Rose Finley at our Storytellers Abroad workshop in Nicaragua. Rose is such a joy to be around. While she is quiet, she does love to laugh.

Rose talking with missionary. [NIKON D7100, 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6, ISO 800, ƒ/6.3, 1/60]

She was listening if Rose was not working on her project alone. She is a person of few words. You can see her listening with not just her ears but her eyes.

Whenever I talked with Rose, I felt I had her full attention.

[NIKON D7100, 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6, ISO 800, ƒ/5.6, 1/80]

You can see during her interview how focused she was on the subject. Rose cares deeply about people and makes them feel appreciated.

Rose is getting input on her story from ABWE missionary Evelyn Stone. [Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, ISO 1600, ƒ/4.5, 1/60]

Rose is also very independent. I would have to seek her out and ask if I could help. She would not have wanted to bother the other teachers or me if I didn’t ask. She did, however, ask for help in translation from Spanish to English.

Rose works with ABWE missionary and seminary professor Dave Stone on the translation.[NIKON D7100, 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6, ISO 640, ƒ/4, 1/80]

Listen to the story that Rose captured of Carol Banda.

If you want to learn how to do storytelling like Rose, please consider joining us this June in Romania with Storytellers Abroad.