Alfred & Anna Murillo— Utah, USA
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA — Alfred and Anna Murillo serve as missionaries at the Utah Dream Center which they founded in 2000. They modeled the Utah Dream Center after the Dream Center in Los Angeles, California started by Pastor Matthew Barnett. Their initial sidewalk children’s ministry began using a renovated truck and fold-down platform that Timberline Church helped to buy. They have since grown this ministry into something extraordinary.
The Utah Dream Center is fueled by Jesus’ words taken from the gospel of Matthew 25:35-36, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
As a result, the Utah Dream Center provides food pantries, clothing closets, a drop in center, and after school programs. The mission has also helped in setting up language churches since there are a staggering 117 languages spoken in the area by refugees from around the world. They recently added a mobile medical unit to service health needs and are active in the local schools providing anti-drug and anti-gang information to prevent today’s children from ending up in jail.
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