Julie McKeithen Missions

08/19/2025

Latest Update for Murakami on Mission

02/03/2025

Nice afternoon at Balboa Park

08/23/2024

Thank you all for supporting my page. I am now married and have started a different support page with my husband. Although this will stay active for personal things, the other page will be more up to date about ministry related things. Thanks for your support.

01/20/2024

New Update!

Happy New Year Family, Friends, and Ministry Partners.

We had the privilege of hosting our parents for Christmas and New Years here in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was both sets of parent's first time to visit Guadalajara. It was encouraging to show them our life and ministry in person after sharing stories over video for the past six months. It was exactly what we needed before starting this second half of the Murakami on Mission Project Year.

In the gospel of Matthew 28:19, Jesus tells his disciples, “Therefore Go and Make disciples of all nations.” This command is known as The Great Commission. Jesus Christ’s call to go and make disciples has taken on a renewed importance and life as Julie and I prepare to travel to three different countries on the Mesoamerica region over the next month. We will be supporting local leaders in restarting a church, encouraging local leaders and church members, and serving alongside them to minister to their communities.

In addition to this our missions work, we will also be participating in a Nazarene Global Mission’s event called Explore in Kansas City during this same time. This event is part of our ongoing assessment and orientation process on our journey towards becoming Global Missionaries. We remain independent missionary volunteers; but this event provides the opportunity to meet Global Missions leaders, attend seminars and workshops with other potential Global Missionaries. Julie and I are excited for this opportunity for further development and fellowship with other people who share the call to serve God internationally.

Julie and I would like to invite you to pray especially for our ministry and travel during this time. Please pray that God’s presence and power would be with us as we serve others; and that this work will prosper. Pray that God would guard our hearts and minds against attitudes and beliefs that would hinder our ability to love and serve others during our trip and learn during our time of evaluation and training. Please pray for our physical and spiritual health during this time. While we anticipate a wonderful trip, the amount of travel and work required during this time will be substantial. It is our prayer that God would sustain and empower us for the work he has called us to do.

We hope to share updates and praises/prayer requests as work and time permits. Thank you all for your faithful encouragement and support of our ministry. May God bless and keep you all.

In Christ,

Andrew and Julie Murakami

Murakami on Mission

12/13/2023

Love these photos that took of us before coming back to Mexico. I love living life and doing ministry with you .murakami . God certainly has planned an awesome adventure for us!

12/13/2023

Thank you for loving on Andrew and I through our Amazon wish list. A few people have reached out about having trouble with the address section. I guess some of the larger items have some issues with being sent through the wish list format. Please contact me if you are having these types of issues and I can walk you through the hiccups - that is international shipping for ya! Again, thank you so much for loving and supporting us through these means.

12/12/2023

Andrew and I are loving being back in Mexico! Seeing our friends at church and at the office warmed our hearts. It was so great to share what God has been doing this past month in the US. By the way, its cold! Wouldn’t you know, winter in Guadalajara can get chilly! One of our favorite ways to get items we need is through Amazon. Unlike other mail here, Amazon always arrives! If you would like to bless us this Christmas, here is our Amazon wish list. God is good and we thank him for blankets, layers and snuggles.

Thank you for your continued prayer, love and support!

11/27/2023

Cyber Monday is here! Want to support us in a practical way? Check out our Amazon Wish List

11/18/2023

Andrew and Julie Murakami are ordained elders in the Church of the Nazarene who recently got married to each other and feel called to serve in missions around the world. Previously Andrew was a local pastor in the United States and Julie was a global missionary serving in Mexico. Now together, th...

10/24/2023

Exciting things coming ahead for Murakami on Mission! Check out more information in the link in the bio.

10/24/2023

Andrew and I have officially launched our new page. We have some events coming up, some fundraising needs, and preaching videos already available for you. If you would like to become a Ministry Partner with us, please like and follow our new page so you can be up-to-date with everything.

Andrew and Julie Murakami are ordained elders in the Church of the Nazarene who recently got married to each other and feel called to serve in missions around the world. Previously Andrew was a local pastor in the United States and Julie was a global missionary serving in Mexico. Now together, th...