Elk, Marmots & Hope In the Rockies

Hey friends – big update from the road! We just found out we’ll be spending time with two new kids TODAY – children who are hurting and in need of hope. We are going to take them up to 11,000 feet to photograph marmots and elk here in the Rockies.

We’re honored to walk into their lives with love, encouragement, and Christ-centered wildlife encounters that speak deeply to their hearts. 🌿🐻

And when we return home, we’ll be welcoming an incredible new family into the Higher Calling community, while also facing annual medical costs for our animal team that brings so much healing to these children.

One of the kids in our program photographing mule deer yesterday.

👉 We’re asking for help raising $800 to cover:

$500 – gifts and a special outing for the kids and the new Colorado family here in the Rockies.
$300 – annual veterinary care for the animals

Every dollar is tax-deductible and goes directly to the mission – no salaries, no fluff. Just real love and real wildlfe.

Can you help?
🧒 Donate to support the kids & families:
🔗 https://kingdomzoo.donortools.com/my/funds/80867-Higher-Calling-Wildlife

🐾 Donate to support the animals:
🔗 https://kingdomzoo.donortools.com/my/funds/80866-Wild-Wishes-Fund

Costs have risen, and we’ve had to ask more directly – but your generosity keeps making it possible. I don’t ask for help here much on the blog but I straight up need it now.

Thank you!

Here’s a photo of Lisa handing out some of the beautiful gifts donors helped us get for this trip. It’s awesome to see people being surprised at these acts of kindness shared in wild places.

And the Austin Stevens Young Adventurer Award goes to...

Day, one in Colorado started off with a bang for our Chester Moore – Higher Calling Wildlife Expedition!

Our sweet friend Bellamy Korn is the recipient of our Austin Stevens Young Adventurer Award! This award honors are good friend Austin Stevens, who is one of the greatest wildlife tv hosts of all time.

Bellamy despite having dealt with cancer has made 100 hikes since her diagnosis and she is doing great! Last year, she and her awesome brothers and her sweet mom Sarah Bailey joined us to do photography in Estes Park.

Bellamy is a big inspiration for us and we love her very much.

Chester Moore