Staying Hydrated...

 Lots of strategically placed "watering holes" all over campus...

 displaying the *crazy* water bottle. Drink up folks!

Transporting all the coolers of water. Brings new *modern-day* perspective to the concept of having to "water the camels." :)



Through heat....and more heat!

Totally His Campers brought in the first day of summer well with their rather dehydrating activities of infamous exercises with Mr Francis, rousing games of capture the flag, and impressively aggressive rounds of ultimate frisbee.

  A little friendly sister-competition.

 Capture the flag...EI style :)

Very proud of all of these hot, tired, sweaty kids for sticking it out through tough competition, lots of bright sun, and being team players! Well done guys!!!



Are YOU His?

Youth Conference 2011 kicked off in style last night with enthusiastic Campers and Counselors gathering from all over the world for a week of learning, fun, sports, fellowship, and becoming "Totally His."

Our key Speaker for the week, Barrett Marshall, opened with a powerful message; designed to expose our hearts and motives before the Lord. As we go into a week where the whole theme is built around learning to be "Totally His", Barrett asked the campers to first ask themselves "are they His?" We must BE His, before we can build additional truths and practical applications of walking as "Totally" His.

Likened to the example of comparing counterfeit money, Barrett encouraged the Campers to not look for similarities; but to look for differences between them and Christ. "Don't deceive yourself by comparing yourself --to other counterfeits." "Are we casual followers of Christ?"

What a needful message to our generation of complacency! It's exciting to see how the Lord is already working and how He will continue to expose our motives, mindsets, and methods; that keep us from being radical, dedicated, "all-in" followers of Christ.

We have an exciting day ahead with morning sessions with Jeremy McMorris, Wallace Francis, and Art Nuernberg; followed by good team building games and lots of crazy fun times! Please pray for each person here; that the Lord would expose their own hearts to them and they would know if they are His...and then give them wisdom in learning to be "Totally His" in every area of life.

Let's Get This Party Started...!

Prep for Totally His 2011 is in full swing. Anyone else super EXCITED?!?! Post a comment with some of YOUR favorite youth conference memories!!

Are you READY?!?!

Ready or not .... here it comes!

Its amazing that it is already that time of year again! School is out and schedules are quickly filling up with Summer jobs, camps, and countless activities. Hopefully in the midst of your planning ... you are just as excitedly preparing for the annual "Totally His" youth conference as we are! We have an awesome line-up of Speakers, sports, food, music, and campers, and we're looking forward to an incredible week having a BLAST seeking the Lord together.

If you just CANT wait until Totally His starts .... and you want to help us kick off the summer spirit and get some early practice on those awesome v-ball spikes and mad soccer moves that will make your team "rock the socks" at Youth Conference= join us for Youth Nights At EI starting THIS thursday, June 9th. Come join the fun and get that pep rally started!

Totally His CDs

If you are interested in purchasing a CD of pictures taken during the Totally His Youth Conference; please let us know. We will be selling the "Totally His album" for $10 a piece. This will be two CDs full of a variety of images from the week. Purchasing this will give you the capability to make a slideshow; print pictures of activities for scrapbooks, frames, etc.; upload to facebook; or share with your family and friends your experience at Totally His Youth Conference 2010!

Let us Run This Race with Patience...