Melissa Zaidman

Outreach Worker

Melissa Zaidman was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in fact, we came in contact with her through Sergio Danon, our Rio branch leader, who first met Melissa when she was about 12 years old. Melissa's father, a Jewish believer in Jesus, was associate pastor at a church the Danons attended. Sergio remembers Melissa announcing at an early age that she was going to be a missionary...and now he is glad to have her join the Rio team, which follows her tour with The Liberated Wailing Wall music group.

Melissa believed in Jesus from a very young age (not quite four years old). She grew up attending a Christian academy and heard a speaker, "Brother Andrew," whom God used to call her into the mission field. Melissa has since studied speech and drama at Trinity Baptist College. She has played an active role in her church in Cleveland, Tennessee, where she recently started a small group weekly Bible study for young single adults.