{"id":129017,"date":"2023-10-13T14:14:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T05:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=129017"},"modified":"2023-10-13T14:14:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T05:14:57","slug":"nhcc-cambodia-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=129017","title":{"rendered":"NHCC Cambodia Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129018\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-4-copy-3-640x480-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-4-copy-3-640x480-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-4-copy-3-640x480-1-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-4-copy-3-640x480-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-4-copy-3-640x480-1-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ten years ago while my younger brother was volunteering at the New Hope for Cambodian Children, I decided to visit him. \u00a0He was a school teacher teaching in a classroom full of energetic children. \u00a0These children had HIV\/AIDS and were living in a village that tended to them 24 hours a day 7 days a week. \u00a0Right from the start, I fell in love with these kids. \u00a0They were so pure and so happy. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-129021\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-1-copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-1-copy-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-1-copy-3-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-1-copy-3-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/photo-1-copy-3-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My brother lived in Cambodia for years dedicating his life to something he loved and believed in. \u00a0Watching the kids lining up to take their medication every morning, eating breakfast together, going to school, and playing in the playground after. \u00a0All they had was each other, and that was more than enough for them. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-129020\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan.jpg 640w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This cute little girl named Kalyan was so precious. \u00a0Always smiling, always playing, and always positive. \u00a0She would walk around singing and dancing acting like one of the happiest kids in the world. \u00a0Anyway, my brother just went to Cambodia again so I asked him how Kalyan was doing. \u00a0He sent me her wedding photo! \u00a0OMG, she&#8217;s all grown up and has gotten married! \u00a0That made me super happy!!!! \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-129019\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan1-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kalyan1-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The day I left Cambodia, Kalyan knew I was leaving so she ran to me, gave me this bracelet, and ran away. \u00a0I think she knew that was the best way to say goodbye because if hugged goodbye, we would both have cried. \u00a0I still have this bracelet which reminds me of her, and I still have those precious memories with those kids that changed my life forever&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago while my younger brother was volunteering at the New Hope for Cambodian Children, I decided to visit him. \u00a0He was a school teacher teaching in a classroom full of energetic children. \u00a0These children had HIV\/AIDS and were living in a village that tended to them 24 hours a day 7 days a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-129017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirbyblog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129022,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129017\/revisions\/129022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}