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Tag: Hume Alumni Spotlight

  • God’s Faithfulness

    God’s Faithfulness

    Hume Alum, Jenna Silva, went to be with the Lord on September 20, 2024. This incredible woman touched many lives. Her joy was absolutely infectious and she could light up a room. She greatly impacted the ministry of Hume and loved the Lord deeply. Jenna wrote this article that was featured in the Hume 2023…

  • Generations of Impact: Hannah Gerber’s Story

    Generations of Impact: Hannah Gerber’s Story

    By: Richelle Latona, Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Fund Stepping into the Welcome Center at Hume Lake for Summer Staff Orientation, I was greeted by a special moment. There, behind the desk, was Hannah Gerber — someone I’d seen grow up right here at Hume. It was a heartwarming sight to witness her now,…

  • Alumni Spotlight: Norm Covell

    Alumni Spotlight: Norm Covell

    Norm writes: God’s adventure with me at Hume Lake began the summer of 1954 when I was able to attend a Christian Endeavor high school camp. This was the eighth year of camp operations at Hume. I was immediately caught up in God’s natural beauty and by the end of the week, I was very…

  • Hume Alumni Spotlight: Erin Boswell

    Hume Alumni Spotlight: Erin Boswell

    This month we hear from Erin Boswell. Erin writes: I grew up loving summers at Hume Lake. From family weeks at a cabin, attending all of the summer camps, working summer of 2006 in the Frozen Sombrero (what is now the Triple P), going as a counselor many times, and now taking my family there.…

  • Hume Alumni Spotlight: Deanna Lovecchio

    Hume Alumni Spotlight: Deanna Lovecchio

    Our Hume Alumni Spotlight is on Deanna Lovecchio! Deanna writes:My first night ever staying at Hume was the first night of Joshua, 2003. Before that, I had been to the snack shop and the lake whenever my family camped in the canyon. But that was it. I started the Joshua Wilderness Institute the day before my…

  • Hume Alumni Spotlight: Ben Akina

    Hume Alumni Spotlight: Ben Akina

    This Hume Alumni Spotlight is on Ben Akina. Ben writes: I’ve been working in full-time worship ministry for the last twelve years. I’m in year three at Visalia Church of the Nazarene, where I’m so blessed to be within day trip distance of Hume Lake. I’m 16 years into an extraordinary marriage to a phenomenal…

  • Hume Alumni Spotlight: Cheryl Ingels Wagnon

    Hume Alumni Spotlight: Cheryl Ingels Wagnon

    Cheryl writes: I worked up at Hume from 1970 until 1975, officially on staff, but I grew up at Hume Summers when we bought our family cabin from the age of four. So I was an unofficial staff for years before that, working at the stables alongside Frank Vincent, one of my mentors at Hume,…

  • Hume Alumni Spotlight: Kirk and Annette Allen

    Hume Alumni Spotlight: Kirk and Annette Allen

    Annette writes: Our story starts with the Cornford family. Tom and Kim Cornford were friends from our church in Bakersfield. After they came to Hume as full-time staff, we stayed connected when possible. Tom called Kirk one day and asked if he could put together a few volunteers from our church to come up and…

  • Hume Alumni Spotlight: Mitch Rivas

    Hume Alumni Spotlight: Mitch Rivas

    Mitch writes:My Hume experience started and almost stopped during my very first year on staff. In the summer of 1984, I was hired at the last minute (Trust me, a total God thing) to come up and work on the night accomo crew. We had an awesome team led by “Griff” (Harland Griffin), and I…

  • Hume Alumni Spotlight: Ryan White

    Ryan writes:Since I left Hume in 2015 working full time, I was first an associate middle school pastor in Westlake Village, California, before making the big move out of California to Texas in 2016, where I was the video producer at First Baptist Church Arlington up until 2021. However, because of my employment at First…