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Mother Teresa is a gift from God that has been sent down on Earth to help people who needs her help. She is a well known person throughout the world for devoting her life in helping the poor, the homeless, the sick, and the dying. Her faith in loving, serving, and respecting those who are poor and deprived gives us powerful lessons to treat our fellow human beings with love and respect. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on August 27, 1910 in a Macedonian town of Skopje. Her parents baptized Agnes as a Christian. She was the youngest of the three. Her older sister Aga, was five years old and her older brother Lazar, was two years old. Agnes' father died after he collapsed and was brought to the hospital. But her mother managed to keep the family together by starting a small embroidery business. Although Anges' mother had a little business and a family to take of she still had time to help the local poor. Agnes would accompany her mother on her visits to the sick, the elderly, and the lonely. From a very early age, Agnes exhibited a tenderness for those who were less fortunate than she. In that free time she would also go to the church of the
On August 16, 1948, she was prepared to leave the convent. She chose that name in honor of the French saint, Therese of Lisieux, known as the Little Flower of Jesus ( Leigh, 1986 ). In 1950, Mother Teresa applied to Rome, asking official recognition for her new order of nuns. In Ireland, was the place that Agnes changed her name to Teresa. Soon she found others by her side trying to help her. As Sister Teresa, she began to teach and help the nurses at a small medical station in northern India. Everyday she taught the children in her outdoor school. Following lunch came meditation and prayer and then service to the poor again until 7:30 p. Mother Teresa heard the voice of God. ' The message was quite clear-I was to give up all and follow Jesus into the slims-to serve Him in the poorest of the poor.
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