As part of the 2015 Silicon Valley Prayer Breakfast, Kirk Perry, president of brand solutions at Google, shared an update regarding his cancer diagnosis and revealed what crucial lesson God taught him throughout the difficult process.



The 22nd annual event, which was held in Santa Clara, CA on March 1st, was themed "Finding Your Why." According to the event website, the Prayer Breakfast is designed to "introduce faith and prayer as vital elements of a meaningful and vibrant life, and encourage ongoing conversations on spiritual topics."



Perry, who was last year's keynote speaker, shared how he came to faith after his six-year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer. In a surprising turn of events, Perry himself was diagnosed with stage two thyroid cancer just three weeks before appearing at the 2015 Prayer Breakfast.



Nearly a year later, he shared how God has used his cancer diagnosis to teach him to completely and fully depend on Him.



"Isn't it weird how God works in mysterious ways?" Perry asked attendees. "My daughter's cancer taught me how to deal with my cancer many, many years later."



Two months after his cancer diagnosis, Perry underwent surgery to remove his cancerous thyroid. During the next several weeks of recovery, he struggled to to understand why God was allowing him to undergo such pain.

