Dear Heroes,
 
I hope that you were able to read our testimony regarding last week’s gathering. It was a great time of people responding to the pioneer call and mantle left by Michal Ann Goll. Many people responded saying it was perfect timing.
 
Monday morning when receiving the news of Michal Ann’s graduation, I felt peaceful as did the Goll family. However, I knew that some felt unsettled with her leaving. At her funeral, people who knew her had about two and a half hours to express Michal Ann’s impact on their life.
 
I asked the Lord what mantle we had picked up on Saturday night prior to her leaving and what our new responsibility was with this mantle. The Holy Spirit told me that a seed must die in order to spring up a harvest. Michal Ann was a seed and we are the harvest. We are to run the race at the same level as she did. Gather Together is only one of the many to harvest from Michal Ann. On Saturday night we picked up her mantle of compassion for the poor and for those who cannot run the race alone. We are to battle and defend those who cannot fight. We are to be a voice of Justus. Michal Ann showed us how to be an army of Deborahs, Annas, Elizabeths, Miriams, Marys, Marthas, Esthers, Joan of Arcs and other great heroes. It is our time and season. Our generation is to run like those heroes before us.
 
On Monday when I received the news, I saw a vision. There was a great company of women and they were dressed in armor with weapons ready. All of the heroes were in front with swords and blow horns. These were the commanders. There were many women lined up behind them on horseback in formation with swords. These women had been tested their whole lives for this great moment to ride on the front lines of battle. The Lord has qualified us to be a part of this army who is filled with such compassion. There was also a support group of Baraks in this army. Michal Ann was holding up their arms for the Word of God to go forth. When the flags and swords were dropped in unison, the warriors were released. They went with supernatural strength and courage. We moved forth like a wall that could not be broken. As I turned around, I looked at the commanders and they were all lined up kneeling with Michal Ann. They were praying while we moved forward to fight on their behalf. At one moment, I almost turned back towards them, but I heard their voices say, “Go on, we are with you.” They had a job to do, so I continued with the strength and courage that they had instilled in me. Those heroes are our witness and our greatest cheerleaders for us to carry the mantle. It is our call to run this race and help others to run this race so we can bring glory to God on this earth and beyond.

Katlyn Hansen
Gather Together Ministries