Yesterday, we went to visit the children at Bayt Bahia, which means "Bahia's House" in Arabic. Bayt Bahia is a home for abandoned children who are also disabled. There were about 10 children there, and some had physical disabilities, and others had developmental disabilities, and most probably had both. They were abandoned when their mothers could not take care of them. Our host teacher in Morocco, Ms. Massaq, is the head of the organization that raises money to help these children. The children live there, and are taken care of with a nurse and other helpers. They also receive physical therapy and other services. Would you be interested in helping these children?
We also went to the medina, which is the open air market. I have to admit that there were very few local items for sale. Most of the things were from China. Have you ever heard of the "pleasant goat"? It is a cartoon character, and it looks like "Hello Kitty," but it's a goat. We also went to a sky-diving competition at the Beni Mellal Airport. There were skydivers from Germany, France and Morocco parachuting. I think that the idea is to hit a target as close as you can, and they were all pretty good.
We also learned about Islam. The mineret at the mosque is the tallest building in town, and their broadcast a call to prayer 5 times per day. The first call is at 5 am, and they continue throughout the day. We saw some people had to the mosque, and others just kept doing what they were doing, just like the US.
Finally, I made a Skype call this morning (Tuesday) to my wife and daughter at home (it is Monday night in Los Angeles). It is cool to speak to them, I wish there was a camera on my iPad, and then I could see them, too. I am keeping up on the news online, since all of the TV is in French and Arabic here.
We are all following the news in Libya. You should check it out, too.
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