Moving to Morocco!

Holy cow - we're moving to Morocco!

Less than a month ago a very cool sounding counseling position came across my email. I thought why not, I'd live in Morocco (I'd live almost anywhere for a year, maybe not Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Israel or Afghanistan, but anywhere else really) and I'm qualified, so let's see. My phone interview was probably one of the best interviews of my life. My answers just flowed out of me and were genuine to who I am - I didn't feel like I was giving the "perfect" answer.

Last Monday (July 16th) they offered me the 12 month counselor/lecturer position at Al Akhawayn University - here's the link: http://www.aui.ma/ and if you go to http://www.aui.ma/VPAA/cads/faculty/cad-faculty.htm you'll see my name - weird!

So here we are in Corvallis, OR and in less a month we will be headed to Ifrane, Morocco. Ifrane is in the Middle Atlas Mountains and actually has four seasons - including snow in the winter! Well-to-do Moroccans come and ski at the nearby resort in winter and to cool off in the summer. The university is a private Moroccan university, but taught in English and based on the American university system - strange, I know.

It hasn't quite sunk in yet. I'm definitely excited. This is an awesome job that I wouldn't have the opportunity to do right out of my counseling program in the US. I'm excited to learn more about Islam and see a different side than most Americans see. I'm also incredibly anxious. I been having crazy dreams and I know there will be challenges with being a woman. There are just some places I'm not allowed to go. Despite all that - this is the chance of a lifetime!