It is actually night time right now in Cambodia but we heard from them just before the went to sleep. We had a great time last night and even were able to see them all the way from Cambodia. As you know and as we had all been planning for weeks we were going to do a Skype video call with Noodles and Sam and the class that we raised the money for. We had heard a few days ago that they may not be able to get internet access to the school. It is located in Battembang, Cambodia which is some what of a remote province and not as developed as other parts of the country. They will be taking lots of pictures when they get to Battembang which you will get to see when Noodles and Sam return from their trip.
So we were a little bummed out after all of the planning and anticipation for the trip and the video call didn't happen with the kids. But something did happen and it was truly, totally, amazing! Noodles and Sam are being treated like rock stars. They are being taken all over and experiencing Cambodia like VIP's. They are currently in Phnom Penh which is the capital city. It is where the Cambodian Parliament works and where the king lives. Knowing that the kids from the school in Battembang wouldn't be able to be there, Noodles and Sam's hosts arranged for a member of the Cambodian Parliament and his assistant to speak with us instead. Being a member of the Cambodian Parliament is very similar to being a Congressman here. It was so awesome!! It was really incredible for our team and Noodles and Sam to see each other from around the world. In the video you can see windows behind us and it is daylight on their side and dark on the ours with Noodles and Sam sitting there on his desk helping him out. The kids had come ready to ask the Cambodian school kids all kinds of questions so when they found out they were going to be speaking to a member of the Parliament they switched quickly and asked some great questions. Although the conversation was in english we did have someone fluent in both languages on our side help translate a few "american english" words to help the call. It was a really cool learning experience and we can't wait to do it again. We are set to do in January with the school in Wyoming and we have confirmed the have internet in the class.
So what about the money? Well Noodles and Sam will be leaving today and heading to the elementary school in Battembang. When they get there the school principal is going to video tape Noodles and Sam's visit, the donation and the kids answering Noodle's and Sam questions that we sent (the ones they were going to ask last night). When they are done he is going to send the tape back with Noodles and Sam. Hopefully this will work out, it seems a little easier.
We started editing the Skype video call today; because we are a little new to video stuff it takes longer we are hoping to finish it this weekend and have it on our site by Monday, thats the plan.
On a totally different subject, Noodles and Sam were invited to go sky diving in early November. They are going to make a video of that so that should be really fun to!
Thank you again for all of your great e-mails. Please keep sending your ideas and requests, we love to read them. Today, we just want to say a HUGE, we mean GIANT thank you to Cortina, Jolie and Miza for making it all happen yesterday!!!
Until next time,
The Adventures of Noodles and Sam Team
Keep up the incredible work, The Adventures of Noodles and Sam is great, my kids love it!
ReplyDeleteVery cool, kids keep up the great work! It's nice to see kids taking initative to learn about new things rather than just playing video games. You kids are going to do great things! Well done!
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