From music notes to love notes: Dr. Chi is engaged!

Life has a way of bringing people back into one another’s lives at the most unexpected times.

Nearly 30 years ago, Shawn was beginning his career as a band director, and Phoebe was one of the many students who passed through his music program. At the time, their connection was simply that of a teacher and student brought together by music. Neither could have imagined that, decades later and after living entirely separate lives, their paths would cross again under profoundly different circumstances.

Over the years, they each followed their own calling, experienced life’s joys and challenges, and grew into the people they were meant to become. When they reconnected as adults nearly three decades later, they approached one another not as the people they had once been, but as two individuals meeting again in a completely new season of life.

What began as a renewed acquaintance gradually developed into a meaningful relationship rooted in trust, shared values, mutual respect, and a love for God that continues to guide their path.