e type of person Mother Teresa was. Besides being caring she is a determined “go getter” who went to the source and got what she needed. This is what made her such an outstanding leader within her mission as well as the community.Since the home has been open more than forty thousand men, women, and children, have been helped off the streets of Calcutta. Those who died did so in a kind environment. It was comforting for them to know that they were dying surrounded by the love of God. Despite its dismal name everyone in House Of Dying Destitutes didn’t die. The sisters helped find jobs for those who survived and found homes for them where they could live out the rest of their lives. Today the Missionaries of Charity have made centers all over the world for the sick and dying. (http://www.tisv.be/mt/life.htm)Mother Teresa also took special interest in the lepers of India. The people of India believed that God as a punishment cast down leprosy upon them. Thusly the lepers were banned from society. (Spink, 92-94) The community met Mother Teresa with great resistance when she spoke out in the support of lepers. Despite the opposition she made villages where lepers could live, work, and be cared for. She began to raise money for the lepers and in time she had enough to form Shanti Nagar or “The City of Peace”. In Shanti Nagar lepers were cared for in the spirit of Christian Charity. (Rai, 56)Soon Mother Teresa’s work expanded under her watchful eye. The sisters of her mission became active in several other countries such as Venezuela, Italy, Jordan, Tanzania, the United States, and Russia. As her mission spread many other homes were founded helping disadvantaged people from all walks of life. Mother Teresa once said, “The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of Heaven. And St. Peter said, ‘Go back to Earth, there are no slums up here’”. (http://www.members.tr...
