Live life to the fullest and make a difference along the way. Vive la vida al máximo y haz una diferencia a lo largo del camino.

Dhariana Balbuena is from the Dominican Republic and Esteban Murillo is from Costa Rica. They got married in 2011. Since then, the Lord has been leading them to serve in a variety of ways in the local church and home country as well as on the district level and on their home region of Mesoamerica. They currently serve as global missionaries with the Church of the Nazarene. 

The Murillo’s are currently transitioning from the Mesoamerica Region where they have been serving in their official capacities for six years and a half with regional communications and NCM ministries, to the Africa Region where they are going to be moving at the end of this deputation tour on October 15, 2024. Esteban will be coordinating communications and Dhariana will be coordinating partnerships and strategies for the Africa Region. 

Biography

Esteban is a computer engineer who worked as such for 15 years. Esteban is actually completing his master’s degree in Big Data and Analytics. Dhariana is a publicist, international speaker, life coach, and minister with the Nazarene denomination. She was a missionary before marrying Esteban and after marrying Esteban dedicated her life to being a teacher. Together, they served as youth pastors for their local church and local district for five years, and they also coordinated NCM for Costa Rica for three years. Later, Dhariana coordinated the same ministry for the Mesoamerica Region for six years while Esteban served as the Regional Communications Coordinator.

Esteban and Dhariana have 2 children, Etienne and Dhana. They are a great blessing. They love books and music, being around people, and sharing with the church.

Ministry

The Church of the Nazarene goes where the church has yet to spread the Gospel, to reach people around the world with the message of hope and holiness. Our ministry connects passionate people to the work of missions in different ways. Together we can see communities and nations transformed. 

The vision of the Murillos as a family is to help equip churches and train leaders to proclaim the Gospel to all people by word and deed.