{"id":9514,"date":"2016-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/dumc-stories-w2w-encounter-rita\/"},"modified":"2022-06-22T12:17:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T04:17:38","slug":"dumc-stories-w2w-encounter-rita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/dumc-stories-w2w-encounter-rita\/","title":{"rendered":"DUMC STORIES: W2W ENCOUNTER &#8211; RITA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Posted by Yuen Yim Low \u2022 Nov 09, 2016<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_10 vc_sep_border_width_5 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_custom_1653980010483\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span  style=\"border-color:#b11f24;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span  style=\"border-color:#b11f24;\" class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For the longest time ever, I shied away from W2W Encounter Weekend thinking surely there&rsquo;s nothing in store for me in an all-women gathering. &nbsp;However, I became more open when I saw a group of pastors&rsquo; wives coming together, displaying unity and a unique team spirit. &nbsp;Somehow the closeness and camaraderie demonstrated a sense of closeness in the church leadership, and that attracted me to sign up finally for the November 2015 Encounter Weekend.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The weekend away was a refreshing one for me. &nbsp;In every session, from worship to message, connect group sharing to games, God encountered me. &nbsp;The presence of God was so powerfully tangible, and I found myself crying buckets. &nbsp;Through the games, God impressed upon me that He has given us all different gifts to build the body of Christ strong. &nbsp;It is not who wins but in the end all win when we work together. &nbsp;I&rsquo;ve always felt small and insignificant but at the Encounter, God affirmed me though I just played a small part. I was made to feel important to my King. I live not according to people&rsquo;s expectations but to <g class=\"gr_ gr_25 gr-alert gr_spell gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"25\" data-gr-id=\"25\">honour<\/g> God.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I witnessed and experienced some wonderful moments connecting with women of different ages here. &nbsp;The older women shared their life experiences while the younger ones listened intently. &nbsp;In turn, the younger ladies taught, the older ones how to be relevant relating to the younger generation. &nbsp;By talking to them, it has somewhat helped me to relate to my daughters better.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I&rsquo;m so glad I made the decision to go away for this divine appointment with my Abba Father and fellow sisters-in-Christ. I&rsquo;ve been thoroughly blessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presence of God was so powerfully tangible, and I found myself crying buckets&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[148],"tags":[152,149,150,151],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9700,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9514\/revisions\/9700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dumc.my\/tm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}