Rev. Brooks Andrews is the son of Rev. Emery Andrews. Wilfred Schmoe is the son of Floyd Schmoe. Their father came to Hiroshima in 1949 to start the Houses for Hiroshima project.

Yosh and Sue are members of Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle, Washington. Yosh has made all the US contacts for this event. Yosh is a personal friend of JoAnn and Larry Sims, current Directors of the World Friendship Center in Hiroshima. As a boy, Yosh was interned under Executive Order No. 9066. During his internment, Yosh's pastor was Rev. Emery Andrews. Yosh is very active in the American Baptist Churches of the USA.