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Lea Little and Louise Little served as Canadian missionaries with China Inland Mission (CIM) until Communist China expelled expatriate missionaries in the early 1950’s (Louise: 1947-1951; Lea: 1949-1951). A few year later they returned to Asia, this time to Japan serving first with Overseas Missionary Fellowship (the renamed CIM) and then the Evangelical Free Church Mission of the EFC America and the EFC Canada (1953-1975). They returned to Canada in 1975 when Louise was diagnosed with cancer. Rev. Lea Little became the first executive director of the international arm of the EFC of Canada Mission (now ServeBeyond), retiring in 1989. Louise passed away on April 10, 2012. Lea passed away on February 6, 2017.
Lea and Louise’s life work as missionaries and then Lea’s work as a missionary statesman spanned 40 years.
According to Arvid Olson in his book, “The Historical Development of the Evangelical Free Church of Canada Missions” (p. 57):
Lea was the Father of Canadian Free Church Missions.