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Joshua Wilderness Institute
64144 Hume Lake RD
Hume, CA 93628
1-800-965-4863
joshuainfo@hume.org
Meet the Staff
The Joshua Wilderness Institute staff absolutely love the Lord, Joshua and investing in the students who attend.
Bob Plouffe
Director
Bob was born and raised in central Massachusetts, just east of our Hume New England campus. Immediately following high school graduation, he left for the United States Air Force where he ended up serving a 25-year career spanning many states and career opportunities. After retiring from military life, Bob sensed a calling into full-time ministry. This calling brought him and his family to Hume Lake where he joined the team in the summer of 2003. Over the span of his Hume Lake career, Bob held such positions as Grant Writer, Development Manager, Marketing Director, and finally Human Resources Director where he’s served since 2008. Associated with the Joshua Wilderness Institute (JWI) just a few years after its inception, Bob has become very familiar with the JWI program and its underpinnings. He understands and respects the roots of the program and supports its ideologies. The Plouffe family supported the JWI mentor program as “Pause” parents for eight years. Additionally, Bob accompanied the Joshua team on an Israel trip in 2010. In 2011, his son, Calen (now 25), graduated from JWI in the class of 2011. After graduation, Calen majored in Kinesiology at California Baptist University graduating in 2014. He is now a firefighter for Pasadena, CA. Calen is married to Kamee Clevenger, a school teacher, and they reside in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Bob’s wife, Debbie, is the 1st – 2nd Grade teacher for the Hume Lake Charter School and has been since their arrival in 2003. Bob and Debbie also have a daughter, Kayla (22), who also graduated from California Baptist University with a degree in Graphic Design and Photography. Kayla travels the globe shooting for different companies as a free-lance photographer. She resides in Newport Beach, CA. When Bob’s not driving a desk, you’ll find him outside either hiking, cycling, sketching, painting or reading stretched out in his hammock!
Rachel Savage
Associate Director
Rachel is originally from Fresno, CA. She grew up coming to Hume as a second home and she worked on summer staff over the years. Hume was always a place of key moments in her journey as a disciple of Jesus. In 2013, she earned a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Fresno Pacific University. After that, she taught biblical literature and interpretation courses at Fresno Pacific. Her favorite courses to teach were on wisdom literature, Matthew, the minor prophets, and Psalms. Rachel deeply enjoys mentoring and discipling college-age students and she is passionate about biblical literacy and cross-cultural mission and ministry. She recently married Jason Savage, who also works at Hume Lake. They share passion for ministry, and a love of languages and the outdoors.
Tiffany Hamilton
Female Resident Director
Tiffany is a Southern California native, from Huntington Beach. She studied at California Baptist University where she received her Bachelor’s in Liberal Studies and Master’s in Counseling Ministry. Tiffany has used her experiences and education to counsel university students stateside and internationally. She has also worked with Hume Lake in a variety of capacities such as being a summer staff Resident Director and as a lead counselor for several camp programs. One of many things that Tiffany is passionate about is engaging in challenging conversations to guide individuals in their spiritual growth. She is excited to share the upcoming year with the incoming class and celebrate what God has in store!
Samantha Littlefield
Recruiting and Communications coordinator
Samantha grew up in Turlock, California and graduated from California State University, Stanislaus with a degree in Liberal Studies. She has been in love with Hume Lake ever since first attending Winter Camp in 8th grade. Samantha spent three summers working at Wildwood, and ventured to Hume New England for a summer after her college graduation. She spent a year on the island of Maui working with High School students and most recently worked with Speaker Hospitality at IF:Gathering in Austin, Texas. Samantha loves sushi, coffee, queso and shave ice. Most days, you can find her reading a good book, walking around the lake, processing through life with friends, or chasing the sunset. Samantha is excited to work at Joshua because she gets to be a part of a program that impacted her relationship with the Lord in deep ways. She can’t wait to do life with the residents over this next year – she is excited and expectant in how the Lord will move!
Seth Lawton
male Resident Director
Seth was born in Show Low Arizona, and raised in Phoenix (the Valley of the Sun). After graduating high school and spending years working at Prescott Pines Christian Camp, Seth moved to San Diego. While in college Seth worked three summers at Hume Lake as a High Adventure Guide. In May 2016, he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Youth Ministry from THE San Diego Christian College. Seth moved up to Hume Lake and worked with Activities for a year and spent his fourth summer working in Wildwood Camp. Other positions he’s held were Jr High Pastor, Jr High/High School Intern, and Spiritual Life Leader while at SDCC. He’s very excited to disciple and shepherd young men in the Joshua Wilderness program. In his off-time you will find him writing, drinking coffee, rock climbing, camping, road tripping, and occasionally working on cars. Some of his favorite foods are any breakfast food, pizza, and tacos (occasionally steak and shrimp).
Tucker Horton
Media Coordinator
Tucker grew up in Thousand Oaks, CA and fell in love with Hume Lake in high school as a Ponderosa camper. After having an amazing experience attending the Joshua Wilderness Institute, he worked three summers at Hume in different positions before being hired on full time in 2014. He loves diving into God’s word, encouraging others towards Christ, and has been leading high school small groups for the past six years. Tucker has a huge passion for camping ministry, photography, and travel and can usually be found out adventuring with friends or playing music. Tucker is stoked to see how God will move in the students this year and is honored to play a small role in advancing His kingdom.
Amy Howell
Chef
Amy is most recently from Los Angeles, but grew up in Mexico with her missionary parents. She has served in the Hume Lake Food Service Department for the past six years. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality Management from Cal Poly Pomona, and has an Associate’s Degree in Culinary Arts from Los Angeles Mission College. Amy is passionate about camp ministry, family, and food. In her free time, she enjoys quilting, playing board games, and spending quality time with friends and family. She also enjoys teaching people to cook. She is excited to use her talents in the kitchen and to love on the Joshua students this next year!
Transforming the Life-Effectiveness of God’s People
If you have any questions feel free to email us at joshuainfo@hume.org
Sincerely,
Bob Plouffe
Senior Director
Joshua Wilderness Institute
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