Meghan Burke - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Ever since she attended ELEVEN, EHI’s annual conference, Meghan’s life has been very different.

“I wasn’t even excited about going to the event,” she said. “Then I saw God’s power and it shook me. He healed me from depression, helped me to forgive others and opened my heart to a life of intimacy with him. It was amazing!”

Since the conference, Meghan has already spent six months as part of LIGHT International’s Ministry Training program, and pursued missions’ opportunities in both the Ukraine and South Africa.

“Since the conference, God has taken me on a journey of purpose; showing me who He has created me to be,” she said. “He’s definitely put missions on my heart, but I feel like I’m being prepared for something bigger.”

Olamide Obalisa - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Before ELEVEN, Olamide always thought that she had to say or do certain things to please God. That way of thinking has since been replaced with a passion to pursue true intimacy with the Lord.

“The people leading the conference were so real about their relationship with God and I had never experienced that in Church before,” she said. “I just got really excited and I remember driving home after the second day, thinking, ‘Wow, God is so real.’”

Several months after the conference, Olamide signed up for the Summer Intensive where her perspective on life was changed once again.

“Everything is so different now,” said Olamide who attends Florida Atlantic University. “Now that I’m back at school I see people as souls for Christ, not just people; I have this new desire to constantly pray for others; and I have a real, intimate relationship with the Lord. It’s coolest thing.”

Jesse Grace - Birmingham, Alabama

Jesse loved the ELEVEN conference so much that he quickly signed up to travel with LIGHT International to Honduras the following summer.

“I really just wanted the time to get to know the Lord better – and I did,” said Jesse who is studying photography. “The prayer time and bible study was really good, but no matter what we did, I was drawing closer to the Lord. It’s all been uphill since then.”

Now back to his daily routine, Jesse is already seeing changes in his personal devotion time.

“The experience was a start to a new stage of my life,” he said “Especially with my worship time and having the desire to go all out for Jesus. It’s gotten me out of the rut I was in and back on track.”

Brad Bingham - Allen, Texas

Being part of the “nameless, faceless generation” caught Brad’s attention while reading about EHI online. From that point on, he knew he wanted to get plugged into the Summer Intensive.

“I was feeling so lost until I came,” said Brad, who is studying physical therapy. “But the first day of the internship was worth the entire trip.”

While he loved the time spent in the Furnace , and fellowship with passionate believers, what Brad came away with was a true knowledge of being loved passionately by Jesus.

“I mean I had heard it  before, but it just seemed much more real here,” said Brad who was raised in the church. “It’s not head knowledge anymore, I really understand it. Now whenever I feel condemnation or feel like I’m not good enough, I can rest in God’s love and acceptance of me. I never had that before.”