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Celebrating the Hausmans

Celebrating the Hausmans

by Taylor Bradford | Apr 24, 2024 | Adirondack Expeditions, College Expeditions, Commitment Move, Discovery, Staff Stories

After years of service at the La Vida Center, Nate and Amber Hausman will be leaving the team to move south of Boston where Nate will be taking a job as the Vice President of Operations for the Boys and Girls Club Metro South. Many of us can’t think of La Vida without...
Celebrating 10 Years with Joel Cox

Celebrating 10 Years with Joel Cox

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...
La Vida’s Run Dedication and the Power of Prayer

La Vida’s Run Dedication and the Power of Prayer

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,...
From woods to table: Former guide leads food to those in need

From woods to table: Former guide leads food to those in need

by Taylor Bradford | Aug 17, 2023 | Adirondack Expeditions, College Expeditions, Commitment Move, Staff Stories

A few short weeks after Steph Tyler Smith began her new role at Food for Free, the world shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. During a time when organizations were scrambling to stay open, Steph’s team at the hunger relief non-profit pivoted, to create new...
Teaching Internationally During a Global Pandemic

Teaching Internationally During a Global Pandemic

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...
The Spiritual Discipline of Birdwatching

The Spiritual Discipline of Birdwatching

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...
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