Mother Teresa was.a small, quiet nun. She lived for ed and helped poor people in the streets of India. She was very famous for her work. She died in 1997, but people remember her today. Peopleinmany countriesloveher. This is her story. Penguin Readers are simplified texts designed in association with Longman, the world famous educational publisher to provides step by step approach 1 the joys of reading for pleasure. Each book has an introduction and ‘octensive acuity material They ae publaed at seven lees fom Exsystarts (200 words) to Advanced (000 words). Series Eaeocs: Andy Hopin and Jocelyn Poter {6 Advanced (3000 wor) Coneenpory 5 UrperIncredate 2300 words) Chassis 4 Intermediate (1700 words) Wh crgeais 2 Preterm (20 wo) 2 Garant 0 wrt) Hi epee 20 er Bh bn enon sire 0 wor rca oh Number of words oecadng sce): 2.33 (iy 8001160 paces pbiahed ; Publshed and curbs by PENGUIN READERS Pasrson Eduction Lined‘There are a lot of good people in the world, but not many of them are world-fimous. Mother Teresa was a small, quiet nun. She died in 1997 in India, but people in ‘many countries remember her. They talk about her and they love her. Why? Read her story: The answer is here. Agnes Gonxha For her first eighteen years, her name was not Teresa, It ‘was Agnes, Her family name was Bojaxhiu. There were ‘ovo children in the family before her: a boy and a git) ‘Then little Agnes Gonxha came into the world on 26 August 1910, Her mother and father were from Albania, but they lived in the town of Skopje. At that time, Skopje was in Serbia. They had a good home because her father did well in his work. Then her father suddenly died. Agnes was only eight years old. Her sister was fourteen and her brother was leven. Things were difficult for Agnes’ mother, but she ‘was strong for her children. She worked and did well. She loved the children, and they had a happy home. There were some poor people near theit home. These people did not have much money for food, and Agnes's mother was good to them too. She was a Christian = a Catholic ~ and God was very important to her. She prayed to God every evening with her children, and they alll went to church every week At the church, there were stories about Christian missionaries in India and poor African countries. TheseShe said goodbye to her family. She was eighteen years od people lived for God. They went to India and Affica because they wanted «© bring God’ love to poor people there. Some of the missionaries in India Skopje. Agnes loved hearing about the work of these missionaries. She started to think, ‘What am I going to do. for God?" men fiom She wanted to live for God, but how? Did she want to be nun? Did she want to live only for God? She prayed for answers. Afier five years, the answer came to her. She wanted co live only for Him. She wanted to be a nun in Inia, Her mother was very unhappy about this, She loved hher daughter and did not want to sy She went to her bedroom and stayed there all day, But after a day and a night, she came out and said to Agr goodbye to he ‘Put your hand in His hand and walk with Him, ‘On 25 September 1928, Agnes said goodbye to her hhome in Skopje. At the station, she said oodbye to her family. She was eighteen years old, and friends and he she did not see her mother or her sister again, ‘To India She went by tain and boat to Ireland. Ther the home of the Loreto nuns, She wanted to be a Loreto nun because many of them worked in India she went to Agnes stayed with the nuns at Loreto House in Dublin \e for six weeks. Then she was on a boat again ~ t0 India, She was now Sister Teresa