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June 2009
Identifying the Next Generation
As Jim Goll was praying on what to share at Jill's funeral, the following song from the Sound of Music reverberated and filled his soul. He sang it from the depths of his heart with great courage while on stage at her memorial:

"How do you solve a problem like Jill Austin? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? How do you find a word that means Jill Austin? A flibbertigibbet! A willo'-the wisp! A clown! Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her. Many a thing she ought to understand. But how do you make her stay, and listen to all you say, how do you keep a wave upon the sand? Oh, how do you solve a problem like Jill Austin? How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?"

This is the Jill Austin we all know and love. The mystery, the wildness, that untamed nature of the Holy Spirit that was woven intricately throughout Jill's life. Everywhere she went, she impacted people in the most profound ways: taxi cab drivers, hotel staff, airport workers, the body of Christ, younger generations, older generations... you name it! She had this profound ability to relate to anyone, no matter what generation and no matter what stage of life.

It was obviously a devastating blow when she passed unexpectedly on Friday, January the 9th of this year. Of course, the typical questions flooded our soul: "God, why did you take her, or allow this to happen? God, was it You, or was it the enemy? God, where are you in all of this? God, what happened?!" All of these thoughts rushed through our minds and we are sure we are not alone in our ponderings.

Jill, in all of her glory, was still human and very accessible, some might say painfully so! I mean, how do you hold a moon beam in your hand? One thing we are confident in is that "from this seed, many seeds will come forth." Normally, when the primary leader of a ministry dies, the ministry dies with it. We have repeatedly asked God if we are to shut down Master Potter since we don't want to continue something if the cloud has departed. He has clearly and emphatically said, "No!" He has indicated that we are in the process of a metamorphosis and where there was 'one', now there will be 'MANY!'

In light of this promise, we would like to ask for your help. This is our fleece. We CAN'T do this alone, and we don't want to!

One of the things that we have seen very clearly is that Jill left a very distinct and profound generational legacy behind her. She literally touched thousands of lives and gave thousands of words that launched people into their God-given destinies. She was in all senses of the word a 'pollinator' for the Kingdom of God.

We are in the process of identifying by the Spirit who these sons and daughters of various generations are that Jill touched and released; ones who are or have begun to walk in a significant level of their God-given destiny. From the proceeds you give to Master Potter, we are going to sow 50% of these funds to the up and coming sons and daughters that Jill Austin was a spiritual mother to (again, this has nothing to do with age). With the other half, we will continue to run Master Potter and finish the various projects that were on Jill's heart when she died. We see it as both/and, not either/or.

From this 'one' seed falling into the ground, we believe a new generational tree will emerge with many ministry branches. It will look different than it has in the past (hence, a metamorphosis), but we are confident that it will be rich in the Holy Spirit and it will be the way Jill would have wanted it to be as she expressed to us before her death.

These countless hours of sowing into the generations by Jill will now begin to reap a harvest. She will once again 'strike' the earth through a multitude of hands as much as she did when she walked this earth with us!!

Blessings to you ALL!

~The Master Potter Team




"A seed falling to the ground" a vision given to Julie Meyer

I was asking the Lord why Jill was gone? Jill was a spiritual Mom to me and I felt as if I lost my Mom again. This is what I saw played out in my vision.

I saw Jill walking right into eternity and she was full of fire saying, "It's not my time. I have unfulfilled prophecies." She was just full of fire!!

As she was walking, she came into a beautiful field of wild flowers, so many different colors and fragrances, and lots of yellow flowers and lots of dandelions. The beauty of the field and the fragrances just captured her and she started laughing and laughing.

Then, as if I was watching a movie, I saw Jill as a little girl. It was like she LOVED to go into the backyard and find the dandelions, the ones that were in full bloom, and just blow on all of the white tips or seeds. It was as if Jill loved to see how far they would travel in the breeze and how many would touch all the different blade of grass. It was almost a prophesy of her destiny in how many people and nations she would touch. She saw beauty in everything, even in dandelions.

As Jill continued to walk in the meadow, there was a gentle breeze blowing. She looked up and saw Jesus sitting on a wooden dock right in the middle of the meadow. Jesus was picking these dandelions, one at a time, and blowing on white seeds and the wind would carry each seed for miles and miles.

I saw Jill walk up to the Lord with a question as if to say, "Lord, you know I still had much to do?' Jesus looked at her and He continued to pick these dandelions one by one and He would blow them into the wind.

He said slowly and tenderly... John 12:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."

Then He looked at her and said, 'I took the fall'. All of a sudden, right after He spoke these words, He was gone....vanished into thin air....and the dandelion that He held in His hand slowly fell to the wooden deck and as it fell, all of those tiny white seeds began to blow in the wind.

Jill stood there and watched every seed be carried away.

She turned and looked behind her as if to say to all of her loved ones, 'I'll catch you on this side.' She smiled. She closed her eyes and clasped her hands above her head and she began to fall to the ground. As she was slowly falling, her whole body turned into thousands and thousands of white seeds that the winds began to carry.....carry....carry..... and the blades of grass began to reach up to catch each seed.

The wind carried the seeds from nation to nation and the blades of grass would reach up to catch and hold onto those seeds.

Jill's whole life was about releasing the fire, stirring up hunger for God, passion for Christ and to understand the workings of Holy Spirit. Jill wanted everyone to have what she had and walk in what she walked in. Her whole life was really about releasing and giving all that she had.

We all have that invitation to reach up and grab that which Jill walked in not to follow Jill, but to give ourselves in a whole new way to our Beloved Christ and Holy Spirit. That hunger must be stirred in us as we take a joyful walk in the playfulness of our Father and Holy Spirit.
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