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 Amber.Hausman | Sep 26, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, Adventure Camp, Adventure Pursuits, College Expeditions, Rock Gym
Adirondack Expeditions and Retreats “Wow, thank you all so so much! Mom of recent La Vida participant. What an amazing experience and wonderful guidance and leadership he experienced. I wanted to personally thank you…for all you did this summer for so...
by La Vida | Jan 28, 2022 | Adventure Pursuits, Be Here Now, Devotionals, Rock Gym, Spiritual Formation, Staff Stories
By Sam Craig, Director of Adventure Pursuits and Rock Gym “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” (Matt. 6:26 ESV) It all began a few years ago. I...
by Amber.Hausman | Nov 17, 2015 | Adventure Pursuits
The weekend of November 7th was a busy weekend for Gordon College! Three sports teams participated in Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship games, but it was also an exciting weekend for fall hikers on campus. This year, La Vida is partnering with Gordon’s...
by Amber.Hausman | Feb 2, 2015 | Adventure Pursuits
By Abby Foster It is often a common fact that when a snowstorm hits, we stay cooped up inside, bundled under our blankets, sipping on hot tea or cocoa. However, there are a select few who decide to bare the cold, and go out to explore what the snowstorms have left for...
by Amber.Hausman | Nov 25, 2014 | Adventure Pursuits
Thoughts From Damaris Gibaldi, 2014-2015 LEAP Intern: I had the privilege of planning Gordon’s 2014 student hike up Mount Monadnock as a part of my internship with the La Vida office. As a “LEAP” intern (Leadership Experience in Adventure...
