Beacon of light: Sister Mary and the shelter home she built together with the villagers in Tambunan.
KOTA KINABALU: When England-based Catholic nun Nora @ Mary Annunciata Marcus asked to be sent back to her hometown of Tambunan, a rural district in Sabah, all she had in her mind was to retire.
Never did the 61-year-old think that she would be given bigger tasks and challenges upon returning, which happened very soon after her arrival in 2018.
