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Abby’s Story

by | August 13, 2025 | Featured | 0 Comments

After 16 incredible years of service at the La Vida Center, Abby Stroven is beginning a new chapter as CEO of Toah Nipi Christian Retreat Center. This exciting opportunity allows her to stay connected with college student groups and step into a ministry that uses the...
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La Vida Center Spirit Day

Nov 20, 2017 | ,

We recently ran the second annual La Vida Center Spirit day at Gordon College to promote our Outdoor Education CORE programs: La Vida and Discovery. This year we convinced Professor Dan Johnson to do the Giant Swing outside of Frost and afterwards we opened up the...

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A Tribute to Scott Dimock

Oct 27, 2017 |

by Rich Obenschain This past summer, La Vida lost one of its founders, Scott Dimock, a long time advisory council member and great friend and mentor to Rich Obenschain who brought La Vida to Gordon College. Scott was one of those friends like Jonathan was to King...

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Book Review: Where You’ll Find Me

Oct 27, 2017 |

Where You'll Find Me By: Ty Gagne Book review by: Bryn Clark Wilderness adventure (and misadventure) narratives are a dime a dozen. Since the massive success Into Thin Air and its step-sibling Into the Wild it seems to me that a new saga is published each week. Many...

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La Vida Center Summer Update

Oct 27, 2017 |

Adventure Pursuits: This summer was a busy one for Adventure Pursuits. From April through August, we welcomed over 30 groups to our challenge course on campus and over 2200 people! We had a few groups return for annual visits including the National Student Leadership...

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La Vida in China Continues

Oct 9, 2017 |

La Vida has continued their partnership this year with The Hutong and Concordia International School of Shanghai by offering the second La Vida trip as part of Concordia's educational travel component. This year the trip was led by Joel Cox '16 who has served the La...

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