More Details Via Montreal

I haven't yet received the promised photos. We're still waiting. In the meantime, Tarik and I took a trip to Montreal and spent some time with his maternal aunt who just lost her mother. She filled in some of the details that we've been trying to put together. Apparently, after Bahajj was left at the top of the hill he sensed that something was wrong and made his way down to the house. At this point the flood was relatively small and something they all had handled before. He tried to get inside the house, but the door was blocked by the water. Once he went to high ground to get help, the massive rush of water came through. I suppose we are lucky to not have lost him too. But, I hate to thinking of what must have going through his heart when this was happening.

Now Bahajj is with family. I've been told that his quite depressed. He has lost everything that he's been working on in the last 30 years, including his wife. I, personally, am not sure how a man picks up and starts over at his age. He is a wonderful person and I will do what I can to help him.

The severity of this is all so immediate and therefore is quite powerful for us. However, this is apparently very common thing in Morocco at this time of year. Tangier just experienced a massive flood. I don't know if anybody died, but the Moroccan news stations are full of people wading through the streets. Morocco just doesn't have the infrastructure to deal with it and with climate change, the floods are getting stronger and more deadly. The streets don't drain and the dams are not sufficient. It is hard to be here with no way of helping.

Tarik's aunt Aisha is here in Canada by herself. She has no family nearby and is trying to make some money to send home to her four kids in Spain. I told her she should come home with us so that at least she could be with family through this mourning period, but currently it is not feasible. Please keep her in your prayers. This is of course a very hard time.