$text{underline{So that she could better serve God,}}$ Sister Teresa promised to remain in poverty, to take no pay for her work, and to own only a few things.

$text{underline{Although nuns cannot marry in the ordinary sense,}}$ many consider themselves to be brides of Jesus.

Sister Teresa would wear the special robe and head covering, $text{underline{called a habit}}$, of the nuns wherever she went.

$text{underline{After she visited Darjeeling near the Himalayan Mountains,}}$ Sister Teresa was sent to Calcutta.

$text{underline{In 1937,}}$ Sister Teresa took her final vows so that she could consecrate her life to her faith.

$text{underline{Although her first job was teaching at a Catholic girls’ school in a middle-class section of Calcutta,}}$ Sister Teresa became aware of the poverty and misery of many residents of the city.

Then one day in 1946, $text{underline{when the regular food delivery failed to arrive at her convent,}}$ Sister Teresa went into the city to buy supplies.

$text{underline{Although she new Calcutta had some of the worst living conditions in the world,}}$ Sister Teresa was shocked at the things she saw.

$text{underline{Although convent life was peaceful,}}$ the streets of Calcutta were frightening and strange, with starving beggars and unsanitary conditions.

Sister Teresa, $text{underline{after she had this powerful experience,}}$ felt that God wanted her to work with the poor of Calcutta.