Anonymous kindness

My Dad was all about anonymous kindness. I remember him telling me on more than one occasion that if you talk about the good things you do, you give away the good feeling you get from doing them. I took new toothbrushes and sponges to the bathing room at the orphanage on Friday. I didn't tell anyone, I just put them next to the worn out stuff that was there. Today when we showed up there was no sign of new toothbrushes, sponges and hair brushes. So much for anonymous kindness. Turns out you have to give the items to the director so she can inventory them and they can account for them at the end of everyday so they don't get stolen. I guess I just provided the staff with some new toothbrushes and sponges. It's frustrating but it's hard to be angry. I can only imagine how desperate you must be to steal from this orphanage that has so little. I will go through the proper channels this next time.

I just could not imagine not getting a picture of Ali before I leave but since we can't take our cameras it was not going to happen. Well, I took my phone (hey, it's not a camera) and I, with some help from Sandrine, was able to get a picture of sweet Ali. I don't get any kind of signal here so the only way I could share it with you was to take a picture of the picture on my phone.

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I had a great day at the orphanage. It was a beautiful day and after getting the kids bathed we got to spend a lot of time outside. When they're inside they are basically just laying in their beds so they love to go outside.

I took some fingernail polish today so I could paint some of the girls fingernails. It was so funny because after painting several girls nails three nurses (I use that term loosely) came over and asked me to paint their nails. There are a lot of pink nails at the orphanage right now!

Here is another picture of Sandrine caring for another stray animal on the streets of Morocco. She is very kind hearted and I'm so glad I've gotten to know her.

After dinner this evening Adaji got her henna syringe out and did Moroccan henna tattoos on our hands. It was a great way to spend the evening. This picture is actually of Sandrine's tattoo.

It is late and it's taken me awhile to get these pictures uploaded. I have not proofed this post so I apologize in advance for any typos or mistakes.

Good night.