Jeff is the only one who chose to paint Mother as a young woman. He depicts her in the festival dress of her native Albania. Mother Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910 in Skopje (at the time a part of Albania, now North Macedonia). She was the youngest of three siblings. Her father died when Gonxha, as she was called, was only eight. Her family then experienced financial difficulties throughout her childhood. She was very involved in parish life as she grew and her mother often told her stories of missionaries, which influenced her greatly. She left her home in September 1928 at the age of 18 to join the Sisters of Loreto, in Ireland. In December of 1929, she departed for her first trip to India, arriving in Calcutta, where she began to serve as a teacher in one of the order's schools.