Early Morning Prayer with the Lord at Lakeside Lounge at 7:10am

Praise and Prayer Requests

Monday

• Pray for:

  • The Lord to keep all of our hearts humble and open to Him, and to stand against all self-reliance, stubbornness and pride.

  • The families here at Main Camp. May this time together strengthen family bonds and heal strained ones.

  • Old and new friendships in Christ that get to connect or reconnect here at camp.

  • The Morning speaker, Pastor Ian Nagata and the Evening Speaker, Pastor Greg Mah. And the Nichigo Speaker, Rev Nobuyuki Toyoda

  • Good health for all the conferees at Main Camp

Tuesday

• Pray for our Mount Hermon Youth, College and Special Camps. Pray for...

  • The youth leaders. That they will be led and empowered by the Holy Spirit so they can discern how they can best minister to conferees who come from various home situations, some broken, others hurting.

  • Speakers at each camp. That they would speak with humility, love and passion for Jesus' glory!

  • Enduring, Christ-centered friendships to begin or be reaffirmed with peers and with cabin leaders

  • Good health for all the conferees at the Youth, College and Special camps. Getting sick at camp is a real bummer and causes family many logistical problems especially if the whole family is attending Mount Hermon for the week.

Wednesday

• Pray for our JEMS Missionaries. (Aphabetical by Last Name)

1. Tim and Chie Burns are involved in a church plant, Logos Community Church, in Nagoya. They have three children, a boy, Mitsuki, and two girls, Emi and Mei. Chie also does Biblical counseling.

2. Michael and Cathalain Carter are in Nagoya doing church planting, in only Japanese. They have four children: Tobin, Elisabeth, Maddie, and Abi.

3. Damon and Young-Mi Cha are in Nagoya. Damon is an Old Testament professor at Christ Bible Institute (CBI). Young-Mi is involved in her local pickleball community as a form of outreach. They have two daughters, Aliya and Mikayla,

4. Charlie and Yumiko Chen serve at the Oyumino Christ Church in Chiba, teaching English and supporting the church plant by the local Japanese church. Their dream is to start an English speaking pre-school as a form of outreach.

5. John and JooAe Choi are our most recent JEMS missionaries. They are tent-making missionaries, so John will be working in Japan for a US-based company. They plan to help a church in the Ibaraki area that is located near a university. They have three children: Ailey, Isaac, and Christopher.

6. Ethan and Michele Fisher are missionaries in Gifu (Nagoya). Ethan who was an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) for many years, but  has recently moved into full-time ministry as a church planter in Japan. They have three young boys, Benjamin, Nathan, and Aiden.

7. Michael and Julia Flayhart serve in a church plant in Chiba. Michael uses his Computer Science background and skills for God's work in videography, music and computer related areas. Julia, a professional ballerina in Brazil, plans to open a ballet school for children as an outreach.

8. Todd and Jayne Fong do support ministry in Higashi Kurume (Tokyo) through Biblical Church of Tokyo. Jayne has her own speech therapy ministry. They have two children in the US, Jeremy and Ayumi.

9. Motoki and Karis Fukuda are in Nagoya. Motoki is in a seminary program to equip him for future ministry. Karis is on the outreach team at CBI Seminary.

10. Kae Haliday is in her support-raising phase. She is at about 20% of her support-raising goal. Once she reaches her goal, she plans to go to Fukuoka to do an 18-month Japanese language study.

11. Nao and Barbara Hanada have an English conversation ministry and help with preaching, teaching Sunday School, leading worship, and IT at churches in Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Nagano prefectures. Nao also leads seminars on creationism.

12. Josiah and Kristen Howard are currently in their support-raising stage. They hope to get to Japan soon. They are at 87% of their support-raising goal. They will be doing two years of Japanese language school while helping at the Gospel Center in Osaka.

13. Tommy and Yumi Ikeda Morse serve at J-Lodge with the Mills in Kanagawa Prefecture. Yumi also does soul care for pastors and lay people.

14. Stephen and Miku Inouye minister through supporting Christian foster home activities in Sapporo, Hokkaido, as well as serving in a local Japanese church. They have three children, Hope, Grace and Joshua.

15. Paul and Yu Kang serve through Christ Bible Institute (CBI), which is a seminary in Nagoya. Paul’s primary work is translation. They have two young children, Isaac and Sara.

16. Karena Kenmotsu is serving in the home office of JEMS. She brings her administrative skills to support our missionaries so they can focus more on ministry. She was in Ishinomaki prior to coming back to the US.

17. Andrew and Jana Klaus are church planting in Hachioji. Andrew is also holding a Bible study for members of the Unification Church as an outreach. They have been in ministry for 31 years (just a few years with JEMS), helping at a Holiness church and then starting their own.

18. Michael and Chris Mason continue to serve at Oasis Church. Chris also devotes her time to provide member care for JEMS missionaries. Their adult son Luke lives and works in Japan.

19. Cody and Leah Meuer are in Gifu (Nagoya) doing church planting with the Fishers. They have seven children under the age of ten: Truett, Selah, Theopilus (Theo), Thaddeus (Thad), James (Jay), Noa, and Naomi.

20. David and Yuka Mills are serving at J-Lodge, a coffee house ministry reaching out to college students in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. David also enjoys teaching the bible at Sonrise Chapel, with JEMS affiliate Moto and Sanae Kimura.

21. Paul and Rie Mizuki serve in Osaka. They are active members and leaders at the Gospel Center. Paul is also the Japan Director of our office in Osaka. Rie does counseling for missionaries outside of JEMS and member care for JEMS missionaries.

22. Ian and Chihiro Nagata are involved with church planting at Toyosu Community Church and developing Japanese Christian music through UNISON (a songwriting community) in Tokyo. They have two young daughters, Erina and Carina, and a young son, Satoshi.

23. Mitsuyoshi and Kristin Nakamura serve at Hirakawa Grace Church in Aomori. Kristin teaches English and Mitsu serves at the church. Currently, they are on a sabbatical from their church. They have four children, Kengo (Zeke), Mika, Chiyomi and Hosea.

24. Julie Nitao is on home ministry assignment, which includes support-raising as she plans to return to Rifu, Japan, to help at Oasis Chapel starting in September 2026.

25. Kuni and Kristen Onishi are involved in a church plant, SOMA. Kuni ministers through soul care at the Shalom House, helping meet the spiritual needs of Japanese pastors and Christian workers. They have three children, Shion, Maray and Joshua.

26. Jon and Maki Robison are assisting a church plant, House of Grace (HOG), in Tokyo and reaching out to their local community. Jon has a YouTube channel called JCATS, which focuses on contextualizing the Gospel for the Japanese. They have three young boys, Aquila, Leon, and Hugo, and a girl, Rhea.

27. David and Tomo Robison are involved in a church plant, Miyako Megumi Christ Church, in Miyako, Iwate. David has a popular Youtube channel that focuses on reviewing watches (yes the one with a hour and minute hand). They have two young boys, Titus and Silas, and two girls, Felicity and Evangeline.

28. Fabio and Elizabeth Tsukayama started a church plant, Life Share Christian Center, in Nagayo, Nagasaki. They have seven children: Joshua, Dominique, Israel, Johann, Olivia, Annaliese, and Serenity. Currently, they are on sabbatical.

29. Joseph and Yumiko Wu are tent-making missionaries in Kobe, serving at Logos International Church. They have a desire to share the Gospel in their local community. Yumiko also teaches Japanese to expatriate missionaries in Japan.

30. Mark and Maki Wolter are involved with church planting at The Gospel Center in Osaka. They have three children, Noah, Taka, and Mia.
    
    

Thursday

Pray for our Pastors and  Churches. Pray for...

• Pastors and their families’ financial, spiritual, relational needs will be met and their lives blessed.

• Churches without pastors will find the right shepherd to lead and care for them.

• Churches in conflict or in mourning

• Unity in purpose and God's abounding grace for one another in Christ

• Bold humility

Friday

Pray for the JEMS. Pray...

• That we would become a God honoring and loving staff team that prayerfully seeks the Lord first and foremost and commits to do God's will at all costs.

• Clarity of vision as we seek the Lord's will for JEMS and how we might serve the local church and nurture and care for our missionaries and campus ministers more effectively.

• Home office staff – Daichi Tsuruta (Financial Officer), BJ Louie (Financial Assistant), Andrew Todd (Office Manager), Melanie Mar Chow (AACF Manager of Special Projects and Accounting), Karena Kenmotsu (Japan Missions Coordinator), Scott Shimada (Director of Sports Ministry), Thien Doan (Director of Leadership Development and Equipping), Minako Fujimoto (Nichigo Ministry), Nao Kawasaki (Digital Platform Coordinator), Gar Nishioka (PNW Regional Coordinator), Rick Chuman (Executive Director of International Missions) and Kenny  Wada (Executive Director of Domestic Missions)

JEMS Board of Directors Members at Large

• Mark Okada-President

• Ada Yeh-Vice President

• Keith Kobayashi-Treasurer

• Ann Kuromiya-Recording Secretary

• Dave Akiyama

• Steve Sakanashi

• Rev. Ted Esaki

• Pastor Kevin Hayashida

• Rev. Gary Shiohama

• Lawrence Tonomura

JEMS MINISTRIES

• AACF (Asian American Christian Fellowship)

  • Volunteer Staff - Bruce Chow (UCLA), Dave Fong* (UC Santa Cruz), Kyle Koshimizu* (CSU Long Beach), Kylie Liu (UCR), Mark Quan (UCSD), Thomas Chen* (UW), Rev. Melanie Mar Chow* (Manager of Special Projects and Accounting/UC Davis and CSU SLO), Evelyn Encarnacion (UCSD), Johan How (UW), Betty Kang (CSULB), David Lee* (USC), Clarissa Quah (UCSB), Brian Chang (UCSB), Jasmine Liu (UW), Lance Mashita (UCSD), Arnie Ong (SFSU), Janet Reksoatmodjo (UCSC), Tony Reksoatmodjo (CSU Long Beach), Richard Reksoatmodjo (UCSC), Michael Wong* (UCI), Daniel Wu (SLO), Matthew Loi (UCI), Kris Kang (UCI) and campus groups on UW, UC Davis, SFSU, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly SLO, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, USC, UC Riverside, CSULB, UC Irvine, UC San Diego). * Fundraised Staff

• Mount Hermon Youth Camp Coordinator– Cynthia Tsushima

• Nichigo Ministry – Minako Fujimoto

• Sports Ministry – Scott Shimada

• Leadership Development and Equipping - Thien Doan

• Pacific Northwest Ministry – Gar Nishioka

• International Missions Executive Director – Rev. Dr. Rick Chuman

• Domestic Missions Executive Director - Kenny Wada