by La Vida | Oct 5, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, Adventure Pursuits, College Expeditions, Discovery, Staff Stories
Dear La Vida Community, I remember exactly where I was when I thought, “I want to give back to La Vida the way it gave to me”. It was during my participant trip in May 2013. I was walking in the rain to fill up our water bags from the stream for pumping our drinking...
by La Vida | Aug 30, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, College Expeditions, Staff Stories
At the end of every La Vida Adirondack Expedition, participants are driven 8.6 miles away from base camp and challenged to run, safely and at their own pace, back to camp before packing up gear and loading up the vans for their return home. For many participants,...
by La Vida | Jun 12, 2023 | Commitment Move
In fall 2022, Gordon alum Cindy (Pott) Benson ’78 went to Switzerland with five other women to see the beauty of God’s creation and explore the wilderness of another country. “It was really fun,” she said. “It was a great way to travel as a single woman.” For...
by La Vida | Jan 12, 2023 | Adventure Camp, Staff Stories
The following article was originally published by Gordon College on The Bell. If you had asked a second-grade Angela Epplett ʼ20 (‟Angie”) what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would have told you, ‟a teacher.” Today the students she serves are about the age...
by La Vida | Oct 5, 2022 | Adirondack Expeditions, Be Here Now, College Expeditions
The M1 patrol during La Vida’s May session of 2022 was spectacular. From the very beginning, though an energetic and sometimes rowdy bunch, they were a group hungry for spiritual growth and eager to embrace everything La Vida had to offer. La Vida curricula such as...
