Michele "Shell" Washam has an interesting past and a promising future. A former adult website designer, Shell turned her life over to The Lord in June of 1999 after a life-changing heartbreak. In July of 1999 she created Request a Miracle and so began her ministry in faith-based web design. Shell is the founder and developer of the Simply Believe project.

In 2002 Michele wrote her first book A Course in Heartbreak - 7 Steps to the Restoration of Self, Soul, and Love which she taught on one of the first virtual universities, HeartbreakUniersity.org. To this day, hundreds of people still use Shell's course to overcome the devastation of heartbreak.

In 2007 Shell wrote her second book, Protecting Those You Love in an X-Rated World in an effort to help families overcome the dangers of pornography in our society. Shell is dedicated to helping couples save their marriages and families from the devastating and destructive effects of porn and sex addiction.

Her third book, Simply Believe is written with good friend and ministry partner, Rocco Morelli. Rocco and his wife Christine along with Shell and her husband Michael have been friends for years and have worked on several ministry projects.

Shell is the founder developer of several globally popular websites including WebTV4Women.tv, one of the Internet's first eTV portals and also Just4Ladies.com, the Internet's first ladies only erotica site converted to the Internet's first heartbreak community. She is also the founder of Tennessee Police Wives.

Michele and her husband Michael make their home in the foothills of the beautiful Smokey Mountains in east Tennessee on English Mountain with their 3 children. Shell is known for her compassion towards animals and has rescued many strays which include: 7-dogs (including a Saint Bernard, Border Collie, 2 Yorkies, a Samoyed, and 2 black labs) and 10 cats as well as 3 birds.

Michele's dream is to share the message of Simply Believe with Christians as well as others around the world to help them realize their dreams and manifest their miracles.