MOTHER TERESA

Mother Teresa’s name was not Teresa for her first eighteen years old. Her name was Agnes. She had a older brother. And a older sister. Agnes’s birthday was August twenty-sixth in 1910. Her parents were from Albania, but they lived in Skopje. They were rich because dad did well in his work. However suddenly he died. When father died, Agnes was only eight years old. Agnes’s sister and brother were too little, too. Their mom loved them a lot. She worked for children, and she did well. They were still happy. The family went to church every week. They prayed for god every evening. Agnes wanted to do something for god. When Agnes was eighteen years old, she decided to be a nun in India. She said good bye to her friends and her family. She didn’t see them again. Then she was called Sister Teresa. It took seven weeks to go to India. She was very nice to everyone. At first, she wasn’t a good English speaker, but after two years, she spoke English fluently. She taught children in nun’s church. She didn’t listen to music. She didn’t go shopping. However she was happy because she could live for God everyday. She helped many poor people. Mother Teresa became famous. Many people wanted to help mother Teresa to help street poor people. Mother Teresa got the Nobel peace prize.