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Celebrating 9 Years of Ministry
August 2025
Dear Supporters and Friends,
It has been nearly a decade that I have been working towards reaching the Japanese with the Gospel. Some of you have been with me from the start and some have joined along the way, but I am so grateful for all of you. Thank you. I've said it many times, but none of this would have been possible without all of you. While I was the one on the field, you have still been partners with me in this ministry and as a team so much good has been done.
Today (August 31st) is my last day with ReachGlobal. While I have spent a lot of time mourning leaving the organization I love, the people I love, and the place that I love, I continue to grow in my excitement for what comes next. This isn't a final goodbye to ReachGlobal, my friends in Japan, or Tokyo either. I'm confident I will be back in Japan one day. I'm not sure in what capacity that will be, but I look forward to seeing how God leads me.
As my time as a missionary comes to an end, I have been asking myself how to end well. I wondered if I should try to summarize the last decade of ministry in this final newsletter. The more I thought of it though, the more I realized that would be a really long newsletter! Instead, I've included some of my favorite pictures that capture exciting moments from over the years.
If you do want to go through and read more about what God has done through me and your support, all of my past newsletter updates are on my website. I'm going to keep it up a bit longer for people to go back and look if they'd like. Here is the link: adamintokyo.com/updates.
Thank you again for everything!
If you might have missed my update explaining why I am leaving, you can check it out here. Or you can read the letter that was mailed out to my supporters below.
If you set up automatic giving, it will end this month and there is nothing you need to do to cancel it. If you do have any questions or would like to give that support to another ReachGlobal missionary, you can contact donor services at 800-745-2202. I'll still have access to this email for a little bit longer so you can contact me as well if you have any questions.
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My incredible team. I was really spoiled to work with such amazing people.
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We had people from all four of our small churches come to our church retreat this past March at a retreat center outside Tokyo.
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I'm going to miss the cherry blossoms every spring! These are some of the trees along the river by my old apartment.
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This is the Apex team that started my whole journey with Japan! I am so grateful for all of them and for the Apex trip I went on in 2016.
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The youth group that my friend Kelly and I started for our church in 2018!
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Two members of my church were baptized last year in the ocean at Tokyo Bay!
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The beauty of Japan is unmatched. I have so many pictures of Mount Fuji and none of them do it justice.
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I'm going to miss all of the friends I made in Japan. They keep asking me when I am going to come back and I hope it's soon!
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Prayer Requests
- Pray for the ministry in Tokyo. Even though I am not there anymore, the ministry in Japan continues. My former team is doing amazing work and I know God is going to do great things through them. Please be praying for them, for the churches the team has planted, and for all the ministries currently going on in the city.
- Pray for my next steps. Please be praying for continued direction and wisdom for my next season of life. Pray that I could get a job and find housing and everything I need to get the right experience. Pray that I could return to Japan soon too!
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Thanks for reading!
At least for the next month you can continue to email me at adam.bailey@efca.org. My website will remain up as well. You can access it at adamintokyo.com. Thanks! I appreciate you all! - Adam Bailey
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