<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/fall-1998/how-potter-shapes-his-clay.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>How the Potter Shapes His Clay</title><excerpt>For 20 years, Potter’s Clay has molded lives and hearts. The students who started the week-long ministry in Mexico wanted to stretch themselves spiritually and culturally—to become “clay in the potter’s hands” (Isaiah 64:8). “Eventually we came to see Potter’s Clay as a great opportunity for giving,” noted co-founder Gordon Aeschliman ’79, “but we originally conceived of it as a way for students to learn.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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