Lea and Louise LITTLE

Lea and Louise began their ministry in Japan with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF) in 1953, the newly renamed China Inland Mission (CIM). After Japanese language study in Karuizawa, Nagano-ken, they led the church planting team at Hachinohe Evangelical Church (八戸福音キリスト教会) in Aomori-ken and then became the house parents of the OMF Chefoo school for missionary children in Sendai, Miyagi-ken.

In 1965 they transferred to the Evangelical Free Church mission and moved from the Tohoku region of Japan to the Kansai. They were the founding church planters of Christ Community Church (クライストコミュニティ) in the Kobe city area of Hyogo-ken. During his final four years in Japan, Lea served in Kyoto as the field leader for the EFC mission in Japan. They returned to Canada in 1975.

OMF BASED MINISTRY IN JAPAN (1953 - 1964)

• Oct 1953 - Sep 1954: Karuizawa-machi in Nagano-ken (Japanese language study)
• Oct 1954 - Jul 1955: Aomori-shi in Aomori-ken
• Aug 1955 - Jul 1958: Hachinohe-shi in Aomori-ken (church planting)
• Jul 1958 - Jul 1959: home assignment in Canada (Peace River AB)
• Aug 1959 - Jul 1961: Hachinohe-shi in Aomori-ken (church planting)
• Aug 1961 - Jul 1964: Sendai-shi in Miyagi-ken (missionary children education--dorm parents at Chefoo Sendai)

EFC BASED MINISTRY IN JAPAN (1965 - 1975)

• Aug 1964 - Jul 1966: home assignment in Canada (Dawson Creek BC and Peace River AB)
• Jul 1966 - Jun 1967: Ashiya-shi in Hyogo-ken (Kobe area) (Japanese language study)
• Jul 1967 - Jul 1970: Mukonoso, Nishinomiya-shi in Hyogo-ken (church planting)
• Jul 1970 - Jul 1971: home assignment in Canada (Dawson Creek BC)
• Jul 1971 - Jul 1975: Kyoto-shi in Kyoto-fu (mission leadership -- leader of EFC Mission in Japan)
• Jul 1975 - home assignment, followed by Canada placement