{"id":25410,"date":"2025-01-23T21:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=25410"},"modified":"2025-01-31T20:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T18:46:45","slug":"i-love-my-church-mark-and-lin-ottenweller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/i-love-my-church-mark-and-lin-ottenweller\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love My Church \u2013 Mark and Lin Ottenweller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/496uyWMf620?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark and Lin Ottenweller have had incredible journeys of faith spanning many decades, cultures and continents. 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