EP11: Spirituality, Risk and Learning You Are Enough: An Outdoor Journey

The Avid Adventurer

“Being outdoors, I think, ‘Man, this world was created in such a way to glorify God.” The outdoors has taught Hannah Green some invaluable lessons and skills. Growing up a shy kid, hesitant to join in activities for fear of not measuring up, working at Avid 4 Adventures was one of many instances in which pushing past her fears led to some of her greatest life experiences. Hannah joins host Dave Secunda to discuss her calling to minister in the outdoors setting, where, among the diversity of people in the industry, a shared love of the natural world creates common spiritual ground.

Hannah’s story illustrates that choosing faith over fear leads on to great adventures. She explains how she talks herself through her scariest moments, how she’s learned to listen seriously to her gut instinct but also to laugh at herself. Everyone worries that they’re not good enough, but the best way to learn anything new is just by trying.

Patience, endurance, and community are as vital to the outdoors as they are to everyday life. On today’s episode of The Avid Adventurer, she’ll explain how she’s now instilling these values in others.

Quotes

• “In the past couple of years, I’ve done a lot of work to notice the big and the small. As much as I love Yellowstone and climbing in the Rocky Mountains, I also love the little stream that runs through my neighborhood, and I love the baby ferns that spring up every spring in the park where I work. It took me a long time to realize that I don’t have to fit the ‘outdoorsy’ stereotype to be in the outdoors.” (3:51 | Hannah Green)
• “I’ve pursued a lot of things that really scared me and that I was really nervous for, but those have turned out to be the best moments. Some of those things are really big jobs—I was terrified to work for Avid—but those were three of the best summers of my life. But also the small things, like meeting a new friend, or asking a coworker to hang out outside of work, those are really scary things but those have been the most cool things in my life.” (5:47 | Hannah Green)
• “I believe this world was created intentionally, so being able to be outdoors and think, ‘Man, this was created in such a way to glorify God and also to bring humans and animals and all living things enjoyment. Being able to not just find quiet in the outdoors but to think wow, these things were so intentionally created for the glory of God and for my enjoyment.” (11:33 | Hannah Green)
• “When I come across something, whether it’s in the outdoors, or just a difficult season in my life, or anything like that, I often think, ‘Hannah, you’ve done harder things than this.’ And even if I haven’t, and this is truly the hardest thing I’ve ever done, I can look back on those hard things and think, ‘Man, one, look at how God brought you through that. Look at how faithful He was in that.’ And secondly, the patience that you learned, the endurance that it took, a lot of those things I learned outside.” (20:19 | Hannah Green)

Links

Avid4 Adventure website: www.avid4.com

Avid4 on Instagram: @avid4adventure

Avid4 Adventure on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@avid4adventure

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