Striving to Serve

       Mother Teresa is, without a doubt, one of my biggest role models and one of my heroes. I currently have three Mother Teresa quotes in my room and I have always been inspired by her faith and her story. But beyond the surface of my love for her is a deep respect for the way she acted as a leader. She truly knew the meaning of servant leadership and lived a life devoted to her faith and the ideals of servant leadership.       Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 to a Catholic family in Albania. From the time she was a little girl, her faith was something that was a big part of her life. When she was eighteen, she felt a call from God to be a missionary so she left her home to join the Sisters of Loreto in Ireland. Although she loved her time with them, she felt another call from God many years later to leave the Sisters and establish a new religious order dedicated to serving those in extreme poverty. She officially established her order, the Missionaries of Charity, in