She texted her friends asking that they pray for her soul, only to be rescued by a man she has called her "angel". Now safe, Lleshi says she wants nothing more than to go to next week's Rome canonization of Mother Teresa, the ethnic Albanian nun "who gave hope to those who didn't have any." Her order, the Sisters of the Handmaidens of the Lord, runs nurseries and homes for the aged. "In that moment, I heard a voice who called me: 'Sister Marjana, Sister Marjana.'" She still hopes to travel to Rome for the September 4 canonisation of Mother Teresa, the Macedonian-born ethnic Albanian nun who ministered to the poor of India.

Source: dna August 26, 2016 09:33 UTC