Mariella Talmage Provost's grandfather was a Chinese missionary for 40 years. In addition, her parents visited Korea with their grandmother and served as missionaries for 45 years. She was born in Gwangju in February 1923 as the youngest child of seven children.

A graduate of Pyengyang Foreign School, she enrolled in a five-year nursing course at Queen's University in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1941. Two years is a university course and three years of practice at Charlotte Christian Hospital.

After graduating from nursing school in February 1946, she enrolled in the missionary department of the Northern Presbyterian U.S.A. She visited Korea in October 1948. Jeonju Jesus Hospital was the first place to serve after leaving Korea and returning as at the age of 25. Originally born in Korea, she was able to learn the language quickly because she had many opportunities to use Korean every day while working in a hospital. Jeonju Jesus Hospital was a two-story building, with an inpatient room and a medical room for free patients on the lower floor, and an inpatient room and an operating room for paid patients on the upper floor. The hospital was very busy.

After a hard day's work, she returned to the missionary's residence, where there was tap water, and the houses were large and comfortable, so he sometimes felt uncomfortable being much more comfortable than his Korean neighbors.

On July 5, 1950, she was informed by the U.S. Embassy that she should avoid it immediately and went to Japan with other missionaries.

Mariella Provost in Young Age

In May 1952, she returned to the U.S. and married Raymond Provost, a Southern Presbyterian U.S, missionary whom she met while working at Jeonju Hospital. And with her husband, she set a five-year missionary period and returned to Korea as a missionary.

When they first arrived in Daegu, the Mariella family lived together in a house inhabited by the Kenneth Monroe Scott couple. She paid particular attention to the education of her students, and at that time, there were many Christian schools in Daegu. She taught English to students at a nursing school at Dongsan Christian Hospital. And among the students, Mariella gave scholarships to girls from the orphanage with her husband, and also gave special prizes to girls who received the best grades in all nursing education courses at the graduation ceremony. She was pleased and proud to present the award.

She was eager to take care of orphaned babies in children's hospitals or to visit orphanages to serve. She visited many orphanages with my children on Christmas, gave out small gifts, and threw parties. It also categorized donations received for orphans and delivered them to the most in need of local orphanages.

Mariella Provost at the graduation ceremony of Dongsan Nursing School(2nd row, 1st left), March 23, 1956.

Mariella Provost who takes care of Korean orphanage children

In 1963, Mariella returned to Cleveland, Ohio, for vacation with her children, where she built a small house. After the vacation, Mariella and Raymond were planning to go back to Korea, but her husband remained as a pastor of the Mackinaw Straits Church in the U.S.

Even at the age of 80, Mariella received a letter from a missionary working in Malawi, Africa, and joined the ministry of building a school in Malawi.

On April 15, 2014, Mariella was called by God at the age of 91, April 25, 2014 on Friday and the funeral was held at 2 p.m, at the Black Mountain Presbyterian Church in North Carolina. In accordance with the will of the deceased, she was enshrined in the church charnel house as a family funeral.

Mariella Provost an invitation to thank CTS Christian TV for its 13th anniversary (1st right) . 2008. 11. 5