Mother May I

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There are always two kinds of people in a story; a hero and a bad guy. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was the heroine and poverty was the bad guy. On September 10th, 1946 she felt the call upon her life to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” (Mark 16:15, Bible) In the month of November, 1928 she got on a boat and sailed to India arriving in Calcutta seven weeks later. (Pg, 6, Bio) Mother Teresa changed the world by helping the poor, internationally impacting society, being a role model for anyone. Many people have a desire to help the poor, but they decide to settle and send a couple dollars to a charity, sign a heart to stick on a wall, and walk away feeling like they did a “good deed” Yes, every dollars counts toward any charity but only a select few would have done what Mother Teresa did. She spent countless hours teaching children from the slums of India. She taught them the importance of hygiene and health. When people are not educated in the necessity of cleanliness problems like getting lice, receiving preventable diseases, and spreading illnesses occur. Mother Teresa had a love for the children from Motijhil which translates to “Pearl Lake”. She would feed them, clothe them, and educate them. Mother Teresa used a stick to write in the dirt teaching the children how to read and write. She has such a passion to teach the uneducated. “I don’t know whether I was a good teacher.’ She once laughingly told me, ‘I know I loved to teach.” (Pg,11, Bio) Instead of turning a blind eye she would stand up for the victims of neglect and abuse. She was the voice of the voiceless, the hands and feet of Jesus, and the love of the Father. When she was about to get on a bus to get home she would end up giving her money to the poor and walk many miles home. Mother Teresa and her fellow sisters of the Lord did not just help the poor; they lived where

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