Mother Theresa's Orphanage

I have just had an amazing and humbling glimpse into the life of 6 very loving and dedicated nuns who are caring for 150 severely mentally and physically handicapped persons ranging in age from about three or four years of age to adults. There is not a detectable odor or spot of dirt to be found in any of the living , eating or common areas despite the fact that many of the residents are lying on blankets in breezeways and diapered. When they get an unwanted but otherwise healthy child there, they rais it withihin the community, teach vocational skills and arrange a suitable marriage within the community for that person when they reach adulthood.

All 6 of these nuns actually did part of their training under the actual direction of Mother Theresa herself. All knew her personally and I must confess, there is a radiance about these 6 women that one rarely encounters in even the most faithful persons we meet.

Photographs were not allowed and would not have been appropriate in that hallowed setting. These women really were ministering to our Lord and there is no other way to describe what I saw than a miracle in the making.