CBU Alumni Spotlights
Lucas Wehner, ’11/’12 Municipal Administrator Bad Liebenzell, Germany
Lucas Wehner, ’11/’12 , has been using his leadership skills to make a dierence in these precarious times. Lucas has been one of the few people who have cared for former employees of a shuttered Afghan agency in Germany. He helped rent three safe houses for the 350-plus former workers and their families while also helping evacuate those family members left behind in Kabul.
community of 3,600 residents in Germany. He serves the citizens of this community by problem-solving and advancing the town’s goals with his council members.
While living in Simmons aH ll her freshman year, Kristin Hernandez, ’11, began to read the Bible regularly and surround herself with likeminded friends and mentors. They all cared about and supported each other and built a strong community around their shared values and beliefs. This community and her ISP trips, helped her grow more in her compassion for others, leadership skills, and faith.
online ministry and write her book, S unlight in December: a Mother’s Story of Finding the Goodness of God in the Storm of Grief.
In all of his commitments, he realizes that it is about serving people, having a humble heart and being a shining light of Christ. Lucas believes the answer to changing this world is love and the knowledge that the Kingdom of Lucas came to California Baptist University God has already started in the heart of every in 2007 after speaking with Dr. Robert K. Christian. Lucas works to serve his students Jabs and his wife, Rita, while they were in and his community by living and leading Germany. Learning how Christ-centered CBU according to the verse, B “ eing condent of is, Lucas wanted to be a part of it. He majored this, that he who began a good work in you in business administration and political will carry it on to completion until the day of science and then stayed an additional year Christ Jesus.” P ( hilippians 1:6) and completed his MBA, none of it possible without the generous support of the Knuppe As he recently worked in the evacuation family who helped sponsor his studies at CBU. process of the Afghan people, Lucas saw rsthand the lesson of taking responsibility He returned to Germany in 2012 and began for others in every generation. I“ n these working for a small but growing Christian history-making moments, we must see university, Internationale Hochschule the world through His word and make our Liebenzell. In 2019, Lucas became a impact in service to others,” said Lucas. Municipal Administrator of Bad Liebenzell, a
Kristin was an English major with a o j urnalism minor. She had always loved communications and writing, but her classes allowed her to grow as a writer and communicator. Though she never expected God to lead her to write a book, the o j urney to realizing this dream was not easy.
Kristin Hernandez, ’11 Author Victorville, California
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Kristin and her husband Chris, ’10, have a y-3 ear-old son at home as well as ffve babies who are now with Jesus. Their ffrstborn son, Ethan, died shortly after birth in 2015 due to a rare chromosome disorder called Trisomy . 9 It was through Ethan’s life and death and Kristin’s struggle with God that she ultimately found iH s goodness in the middle of suering through prayer and reading iH s Word. This experience led Kristin to launch an
The ministry, also called Sunlight in December, includes her writings, speaking engagements, discipleship and a podcast called Through the Lens. Though most importantly, it has her walking alongside grieving mothers who have experienced infertility, miscarriage or the loss of an infant. Kristin hopes that others can ffnd the comfort of Jesus amid their suering. She wants those experiencing loss to know that God weeps with them and gives us space for biblical lament. She hopes to spread the message that our greatest hope is Christ, despite our circumstances. Kristin hopes to one day write a second book, but in the meantime, she is enjoying these God-given opportunities, loving on her family, connecting with friends over coee, running, riding roller coasters and taking in those sunny days.
