Welcome to the “Tell the Story” page.  I believe this is the most exciting page on the website and I can’t wait to share it with you!

This page is for you, the reader.  Once a month, we will feature the story of one who has experienced the power of God in their life.  So many of us think that our stories are not important, or that our stories are not as “big” as others, but they are!  Anytime God does something in our life, it is worth sharing.  No one can tell your story quite like you can, and you never know the impact that your story may have on someone who is walking through a similar circumstance.  Some of us may tell the story of how He has delivered us from a situation, while others may tell how He has sustained us as we walk through our situation.  Whatever our story, we can be assured that God will honor our testimony of His goodness.  

The Bible says that “they overcame by the words of their testimony,” so we want to invite YOU to share your story on this page.  All you have to do is send your story to shannon@shannonperry.com and we will post a new story each month for our readers to enjoy.  God wants us to share and give testimony to what He has done in our lives, and this is a way for you to share His goodness in your life with people all over the world.  We’re looking forward to hearing from YOU soon!

One of the hardest things I have found when telling my story is what to include.  There are SO many things that God has done throughout my life, that I don’t know how I could fit them all on one page!  Therefore, I have chosen a very significant part of my life’s story to share.

I always wanted three things in life: I wanted to be married, I wanted to be a mom, and I wanted to be in full time ministry.  I called them my “3 M’s.”  At the age of 35, none of these seemed to be in place for me.  I became very confused about God’s plan for my life, and wondered why I had such longings in my heart that had not been fulfilled.  Although I questioned WHAT was going on, I never questioned WHO was in control.  Now that I look back, it is so clear-He had the plan all worked out.

“OshKosh BGosh” overalls, he looked up at me with his big blue eyes and curly blonde hair, shook my hand and said, ‘my name is Sean.”  I remember thinking to myself, “You are the cutest thing I have ever seen.”  Then, I looked up and saw Daddy, and knew right away that Sean had inherited his good looks.  But there was more to this Daddy than his looks.  This Daddy was a single parent who was raising his son on his own.  The mom had walked out on both of them, and they were left to one another. This father worked countless hours building swimming pools so that he could support his only son. 

Throughout my years of teaching, the single father of this beautiful little boy asked me out on a date more than once, but I always responded by politely reminding him, “As a policy, I don’t date the dads of my students.”

Fourteen years after I taught Sean in first grade, I FINALLY met a man that I became engaged to and believed this was the one for me.  One day, my fiancé’ let me know that he was interested in building a swimming pool. Remembering this single father from fourteen years ago was in the swimming pool business, I called him to give my fiancé’ a bid for his pool.  Upon calling the single father, I reminded him of who I was, and after fourteen years of communicating, he asked, “Are you still singe?”  I couldn’t believe it!  After all this time, this guy was still interested.  I told him I had become engaged, and his response is one I will never forget.  He said, “Oh, I thought this was God’s way of bringing you to me.” 

Well, little did I know, it was.  After several months, I realized that the man I was engaged to was not the man for me.  I broke off the engagement, and decided I would just stay single the rest of my life.  After all, it didn’t look like things were going to work out according to “my plan.”  My precious Grandmother asked me if there was anyone I would consider dating?  I told her, “Well, there is this one guy that seems to keep showing up!”  I told her about David, the single father, and her response was precious.  She said, “Oh, we like the pool man!”

And the rest, as they say, is history. I called David back and unknowingly, it was his birthday.  The three of us went out to dinner, and six month’s later, David and I were engaged.  David and I married when Sean was 17, and that little boy who never had a mom became my son, and we are as close as a parent and child could be.  He is 21 years old and serving our country at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.

David always says, “I didn’t get the pool, but I got the girl.”  Not only does David love me, he believed in my ministry enough to encourage me to go full time.  I began my music business, Chae Music, after fourteen years of working in Education and singing on the weekends, and God is now using me all over the country.  

God gave me my “3 M’s,” and I give Him all the glory!  That’s the heart of the Father God we serve.

(You may view pictures of David and Sean by visiting The Gallery on this site).