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I Served with Mother Teresa By Millie Jaeger Ever since I went to Sarapaka, India with my family when I was 14, I dreamed of returning some day to meet Mother Teresa. Two years later, in 1996, the dream came true. My experience working with her sisters in India was life changing. I hope to work with street children in India or South America when I finish school. Because my first experience in India was so wonderful, I asked my parents if I could go back. They said if I saved money and arranged for someone to meet me at the airport, they would consider it. So, I took a job as a nanny and a tutor to neighborhood children and earned enough for my expenses. Soon after, I met a woman who had been a volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity in India, and she encouraged me and helped arrange me my travel plans. An Indian priest my family knew arranged for his friend, Fr. Vincent, to meet me at the airport. When I arrived, Father helped me find lodging at a hostel right across from the Missionaries of Charity Mother House. For two months, I had the privilege of attending daily Mass and adoration with Mother Teresa, her sisters and volunteers from all over the world. I spent my first weeks in an inner-city orphanage caring for babies who were malnourished, or had tuberculosis, scabies or physical deformities. I also worked with boys off the street who had been physically and emotionally abused. One of the most rewarding experiences of my visit was spending part of my time living with the 50 or so postulants of the Missionaries of Charitiy and learning about religious life. They got up at 4:30 a.m. and prayed before everything they did. They ate in silence and only had two saris, plus one for special occasions. They had to wash their saris by hand every day. Everything they did was done in community; they even slept next to each other in one big room. I am so grateful for the opportunity of working with Mother Teresa. She and her sisters taught me to take life one day at a time and live simply. I also learned to see God’s beauty in the poorest, dirties and sickest people. Now that I’m back in America, I can see Him in the rich and educated as well. Source: YOU! Magazine |
 St. Michael the Archangel St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do you, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into Hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. Copyright © 2002 Saint Michael Center for the Blessed Virgin Mary
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