Missionary Introduction

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  • Margaret Delle Moffett

  • Year of Birth : November 1, 1915 - January 20, 2010.
  • Academic background : Whitten College
  • Background and affiliation : Northern Presbyterian U.S.A.(NP)
  • Period of mission work in Korea : 1948 - January 15, 1993.
  • Period of mission work at Dongsan Hospital : 1948 - January 15, 1993.
  • Family details : Howard Ferguson Moffett(husband)
  • Howard Mackenzie Moffett(eldest son)
  • Charles(Charlie) Blanchard Moffett(second son)
  • Marilyn Moffett Taylor(fist daughter)
  • Samuel Moffett(youngest)
1. Margaret Delle Moffett visits Korea as a Korean missionary in her husband's hometown

Margaret Delle Moffett, who was called Mrs. Moffett, was born on November 11, 1915 in state of Montana, Forsyth to a mother who was an educator and a nurse. Her mother was the granddaughter of Jonathan Blanchard, founder of Whitten College and first president, and was a prominent family in the U.S.

While attending Whitten College, Delle was introduced to Howard Moffett's brother Sam Moffett, graduating from college, and married Moffett at Whitten College Church on 2 August 1941.

The Delle and the Moffett couple worked as missionaries at a large Christian hospital in Nanjing, China, in 1948 with their first son Howie and second Charles Blanchard.

However, about a year after her ministry in Nanjing, she was surrounded by the Chinese Communist Party's troops, and Dell's family fled to Shanghai, but fortunately, the road to Korea was opened and she arrived in Incheon by ship. And she arrived in Daegu just before Christmas in 1948. Before settling in Daegu and settling down properly, the Korean War broke out, and Dell and his children lived at the U.S. Air Force Base in Nagoya, Japan for a year, returned to the U.S. with their husband Missionary Moffett in 1951, and returned to Dongsan Christian Hospital in Daegu in 1957.

2. Margaret Delle Moffett served as the best secretary

A huge fundraising was needed to maintain and develop Dongsan Christian Hospital. Delle played a key role in raising money. With the help of missionary Seo Seo Won, who wrote and typed letters for overseas fundraising every day, Delle created and sent an English newsletter called "NEWS LETTER" at Dongsan Christian Hospital and served as a secretary to meet important guests at home. She had as many as 3,000 people to send the newsletter.

She was the best secretary to the head of the Moffett hospital. Usually, her husband Moffett boasted that his wife Delle was an excellent secretary. "Always meticulous and attentive, she was considerate of people, advised me to work in a more efficient way, especially when I had a hard time with a lot of work, and above all, she checked the hospital and everything."

Delle Moffett who was the best secretary

3. Margaret Delle Moffett worked on the ministry of nursing school and the landscaping of Dongsan Christian Hospital

Delle was particularly interested in the development of nursing schools. She taught English at a nursing school and also ran a scholarship program to help the financial needs of faithful girls from Christian families with good faith among students studying nursing. To this end, it was introduced to American sponsors to form a one-on-one sisterhood relationship to sponsor students' tuition and dormitory expenses.

She also beautified the hospital with her excellent knowledge of architecture and landscaping. If there was an occasion to plant trees or flowers, she never left the work to anyone else and chose flowers and trees himself. The trees and flowers planted in this way were carefully managed, and through this, the hospital was decorated with beautiful landscaping throughout the four seasons, and many Daegu people came to see.

The Moffett family and their second son Charlie, who adopted a Korean child in the garden of Dongsan Christian Hospital

4. Mr. and Mrs. Moffett were buried in the Grace of Mercy Garden

Delle and Moffett returned to the U.S. on January 15, 1993, after completing all of their Korean duties, and lived in Dell's hometown of Carpinteria. A few weeks before her death, she was admitted to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital due to ill health. The various complications she suffered eventually became a conduit for the Lord to call her to eternal heaven. On January 20, 2010, she was called by God at the age of 94.

On September 25, 2013, Delle's youngest son, Sam, and her only grandson, Ian Taylor, were buried in the Grace of Mercy Garden with her husband, on behalf of the bereaved family and officials from Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center.

Moffett couple's of bury the remains ceremony(Grace of Mercy Garden in Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center)