Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary provides refuge for 116 monkeys, many who are abused or abandoned. But for the next three days this sanctuary will be a retreat for 15-year-old James Cross --who traveled a long way, with his brother Wesley and parents in tow-- to make his dream come true.

The Crosses came all the way from Missoula, Montana as part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

James, and 13-year-old Wesley, both have rare forms of pulminary fibrosis a condition that creates scar tissue on their lungs, preventing them from breathing easily or doing heavy, physical activity.

Until now James hasn't seen a primate up-close, monkey's aren't found in his part of the country.

"No there aren't, i just always watched Discovery Channel," said James, "I think the sanctuary's a little better for the monkeys because in a zoo they're just there for display, here they're actually being helped, loved, cared for," he added.

Stacey Samuel