Born from a broken heart
and a mountain bike.

In 2021, Travis Michaels traveled to Guatemala on a mountain bike trip. What he found was one of the most beautiful places he'd ever seen — and one of the most heartbreaking. The poverty wasn't a statistic. It was faces. Families. Communities full of people doing the work, building what they could, with almost nothing economic to show for it.

The guides that Travis became quick friends with — Nefta and Alex — just needed the opportunity to work.” The guides — Nefta, Kinti, Eon — weren't waiting to be rescued. They were already building. They just needed neighbors.

"Paul called it carrying each other's burdens. We think that looks less like building someone's house and more like sitting at their table, learning their name and returning next year."

In 2023, Travis met Shelby on a job site in Colorado Springs. Three months later she was on a plane to South Africa with him. She wasn't a believer when she landed. Six months later, she asked Travis to take her to church.

Today Travis and Shelby lead Endure Adventures — built on the conviction that the most faithful thing you can do with your presence is sow it well, tend what grows and return to see the harvest.