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Lea and Louise Little (retired missionaries to China and Japan)

From 1953 to 1975 (22 years), Lea and Louise Little were based in Japan, serving as missionaries in church planting, missionary children education, and mission leadership.

From 1953 to 1965 they served with OMF (Overseas Missionary Fellowship), formerly CIM (China Inland Mission). For their last 10 years in Japan they served with the international mission of the EFCA (Evangelical Free Church of America) and the EFCC (Evangelical Free Church of Canada).

• OMF BASED MINISTRY IN JAPAN...
  • 1953 - 1954: Karuizawa, Nagano-ken (Japanese language study)
  • 1954 - 1955: Aomori-shi, Aomori-ken
  • 1955 - 1958: Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken (church planting)
  • 1958 - 1959: home assignment
  • 1960 - 1961: Hachinohe-shi, Aomori-ken (church planting)
  • 1961 - 1965: Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken (missionary children education--dorm parents at Chefoo Sendai)
• EFC BASED MINISTRY IN JAPAN...
  • 1965 - 1966: home assignment
  • 1966 - 1967: Ashiya-shi, Hyogo-ken (Kobe area) (Japanese language study)
  • 1967 - 1970: Mukonoso, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo-ken (church planting)
  • 1970 - 1971: home assignment
  • 1971 - 1975: Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu (mission leadership)

These Japan pages give a glimpse of their life and ministry in Japan.