When Lorna Karolus and her husband, Lester, moved into a new neighbourhood in Cape Town, far from the friends and community they loved, Lorna began praying. She asked God to bring kind, respectful and God-fearing neighbours into the empty unit in their complex. She also prayed a simple but heartfelt request: “Lord, I want to know Your Word—please send someone to help me.”

Around the same time, Irene Masters travelled from Joburg to Cape Town for a short work assignment. Before leaving, she prayed that God would use her time in the Mother City for His purposes.

On Good Friday, God brought their stories together. Lorna and Irene met for what they thought would be a quick coffee and cake, but their time together flowed naturally into a beach walk with Lester and Stephen (Irene’s son), and later a braai that evening. A sweet friendship had begun.

Irene invited Lorna and Lester to the Cape Town church and soon started studying the Bible with Lorna online. In July, after counting the cost with Sandy and Rene, Lorna was baptised into Christ.



“I was so blessed to see how God answered prayers,” Lorna shared joyfully. Irene felt the same, marvelling at how God had responded to her own “short prayer” in such a beautiful and unexpected way.

Their story is a reminder to all of us: God hears, and God answers—often more wonderfully than we imagine.