Melissa Cox is a mother of three children, Karley, Robby and Nicholas. She lives in the Tampa Bay Area where she grew up with her fiance and son Nicholas. Melissa is a former Sunday School teacher, youth group leader and Director of Christian Education at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church in Ruskin, Florida. She now attends The Crossing Church in Brandon. Melissa is also a songwriter and is now writing full time. She is working on setting up a charitable organization to establish more homeless shelters in the Tampa Bay area because she has tremendous compassion for the homeless. Both Melissa and Alan have been called to ministry and have a passion for the lost, addicted and abused.