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Morocco Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/morocco-2/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:40:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Morocco Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/morocco-2/ 32 32 184530663 I AM OUT OF CONTROL https://cindydeboer.com/2020/03/22/i-am-out-of-control/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-am-out-of-control https://cindydeboer.com/2020/03/22/i-am-out-of-control/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2020 20:48:59 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=2768 When we lived in Morocco, every single day felt like a monumental challenge. It certainly wasn’t because of the people (they were incredibly kind, generous and welcoming). The challenge primarily came from being so out of place – so keenly aware we were foreigners and didn’t have much sense on how to navigate an alien […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2020/03/22/i-am-out-of-control/feed/ 11 2768 A Hiding Place (When the next Holocaust comes, you can come live with me) https://cindydeboer.com/2019/11/22/a-hiding-place-when-the-next-holocaust-comes-you-can-come-live-with-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-hiding-place-when-the-next-holocaust-comes-you-can-come-live-with-me https://cindydeboer.com/2019/11/22/a-hiding-place-when-the-next-holocaust-comes-you-can-come-live-with-me/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:38:52 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1662 Upstairs, on the third floor of our former crack home, awaits a really big and really empty, comfortably furnished attic apartment. Now that we are empty nesters, we’re deciding how best to use it. An exchange student? A foster child? Airbnb?   Perhaps. But because our pastor mentioned the Holocaust this past Sunday and because these […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/11/22/a-hiding-place-when-the-next-holocaust-comes-you-can-come-live-with-me/feed/ 5 1662 God of the City https://cindydeboer.com/2019/06/06/god-of-the-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=god-of-the-city https://cindydeboer.com/2019/06/06/god-of-the-city/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:38:02 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1251 Last week our car had its front window shot out (yes, as in, with a gun) while parked in the street in front of our house. At least 10 other neighbors had their cars hit as well and we had to call the police and fill out police reports and we were all late for […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/06/06/god-of-the-city/feed/ 22 1251 Is it possible that snow in April, stupid lung diseases, and other atrocities could be good for us? https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/11/why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/11/why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:28:31 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1108 We lived in the most glorious, sunny, mountainous and palm-treed locations both times that we lived abroad. Aix-en-Provence, France and Casablanca, Morocco are two dreamy places to have once been called “home”. While living abroad, we met people from all over the states, as well as from around the world. Then we all moved on […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/11/why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us/feed/ 5 1108 Rae Dunn, Jesus, and a Washing Machine https://cindydeboer.com/2019/02/28/rae-dunn-jesus-and-a-washing-machine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rae-dunn-jesus-and-a-washing-machine https://cindydeboer.com/2019/02/28/rae-dunn-jesus-and-a-washing-machine/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:38:26 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=990 Am I the truly the last one to the Rae Dunn Party? I have only recently discovered it’s magical lure when my sweet friend gifted me a mug engraved with“Sing” after she read my blog on how I’m struggling to sing. Apparently, RD is the latest craze and people are clamoring and clawing their way […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/02/28/rae-dunn-jesus-and-a-washing-machine/feed/ 18 990 What Does God Smell Like? https://cindydeboer.com/2018/02/20/what-does-god-smell-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-god-smell-like https://cindydeboer.com/2018/02/20/what-does-god-smell-like/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:08:08 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=812 It’s been six weeks since Heidi died. I have spent innumerable hours thinking about her in heaven. I like Revelation 7:9-17 best for a descriptive image of what she does with all her time. Without any cancer, suffering, work, eating, sleeping, etc. – just imagine all the time we’ll have for praising God in heaven! […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2018/02/20/what-does-god-smell-like/feed/ 4 812 I Took A Bath With 10 Naked Ladies and I Loved It. https://cindydeboer.com/2017/11/03/i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it https://cindydeboer.com/2017/11/03/i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it/#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2017 16:34:57 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=760 I just returned from a visit to my second homeland, Casablanca, Morocco. I lived in that beautiful country for four years and never went to the hammam – the Moroccan version of a communal Turkish bathhouse where women and men (in separate quarters) go for weekly bathing rituals in a somewhat spa-like setting. The experience […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2017/11/03/i-took-a-bath-with-10-naked-ladies-and-i-loved-it/feed/ 13 760 Teens: Want a tattoo for Christmas? How to get Mom to say "Yes": https://cindydeboer.com/2016/12/01/teens-want-a-tattoo-for-christmas-how-to-get-mom-to-say-yes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teens-want-a-tattoo-for-christmas-how-to-get-mom-to-say-yes https://cindydeboer.com/2016/12/01/teens-want-a-tattoo-for-christmas-how-to-get-mom-to-say-yes/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2016 22:01:45 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=464 My arguments against tattoos were weak at best. But I still thought tattoos were stupid.

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2016/12/01/teens-want-a-tattoo-for-christmas-how-to-get-mom-to-say-yes/feed/ 2 464 We accidentally bought a crack house – and soon found ourselves addicted, too. https://cindydeboer.com/2016/11/04/we-accidentally-bought-a-crack-house-and-soon-found-ourselves-addicted-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-accidentally-bought-a-crack-house-and-soon-found-ourselves-addicted-too https://cindydeboer.com/2016/11/04/we-accidentally-bought-a-crack-house-and-soon-found-ourselves-addicted-too/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2016 18:51:00 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=411 There is a spiritual heaviness in our upstairs back porch and all the praying people who walk through the place can feel it. Our college-aged sons who have done their share of watching “Breaking Bad” and have lived in plenty of sketchy neighborhoods quickly identified the telltale signs of a crack room: excessive amounts of […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2016/11/04/we-accidentally-bought-a-crack-house-and-soon-found-ourselves-addicted-too/feed/ 2 411 What happened when we opened our HOME to Muslims https://cindydeboer.com/2015/12/10/what-happened-when-we-opened-our-home-to-muslims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-happened-when-we-opened-our-home-to-muslims https://cindydeboer.com/2015/12/10/what-happened-when-we-opened-our-home-to-muslims/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:36:43 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=169 A few years back our family of six spent four years living in Morocco. In a country that is nearly 100% Islam, we made many Muslim friends. A couple weeks ago, one of those friends decided to visit our family here in Michigan. She traveled with her 18 yr. old daughter who was coming to […]

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