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
Sacred Heart in Skpoje, organizing prayer groups and arranging special observances.
Agnes enjoys saying her prayers on her own and often could be found kneeling in
church when no one else was there ( Clucas, 1988 ). Agnes became very flushed with
her mother's personal faith and desire to serve God in a practical, helpful way. And from
her mother it gave Agnes a lasting impression for helping and serving the Lord.
Agnes attended a nonCathlolic government school. At the age of twelve she
became interested in religion. She amazed the church meeting by pinpointing the exact
location and the work done by each mission, on the map of the world ( Leigh, 1986 ).
Around the age of fourteen she began to think tha...