God is in the business of making a spectacle of His greateness. Sometimes, He lets us be a part of the story. Alfred Murrello is the founder and leader of the Utah Dream Center, an organization that serves the needs of the poor, immigrant and refugee population of west Salt Lake City for Christ. Last Saturday, Alfred and I were meeting to discuss plans of putting together for the children of his community Utah's largest water balloon fight on Thursday afternoon of the conference. We couldn't do a big clean up project because he didn't have enough money in his ministry to pay for a dumpster. We also talked about his dream of being able to someday have his own food and clothing distribution center for his community.
Yesterday, several groups from Challenge 2008 went to the Utah Dream Center to pull weeds, clean up around the facility and do a free car wash. A man, curious about the spectacle of all the kids on the property decided to stop by and see what was going on. The kids told them about how the Utah Dream Center seeks to serve the immense needs of the community. They eventually introduced the man to Alfred. The man moved by compassion decided on the spot to donate $30,000 to the Utah Dream Center. Alfred said that the money will allow him to finally fulfill his dream of a food and clothing distribution center for the community.
Who would've thought that there was any glory in pulling weeds. But, God used students pulling weeds to be the very thing that attracted the man who would open the door to an amazing opportunity to make a difference for Christ in the community. God still makes a spectacle of His glory by doing the things that we could never imagine could happen in a million years.
Comments (3)
How great is that! What a super testimony of God working through His people.
Posted by Alan | July 3, 2008 2:04 PM
Posted on July 3, 2008 14:04
what was the name of the man who encouraged us to help with the food packing, and had us say "yo" instead of "amen" ? I can only recall his first name.
Posted by Katie | July 3, 2008 11:31 PM
Posted on July 3, 2008 23:31
This was a great miracle that happened, but we must remenber what "the yo man" said. God has a plan for all of us, even if that job is small it's part of God's plan.
Posted by Diego U. Santamaria | July 25, 2008 8:13 PM
Posted on July 25, 2008 20:13