Assimilate or Go Home: Notes from a Failed Missionary on Rediscovering FaithFrom childhood, D. L. Mayfield longed to be a missionary, so she was thrilled when the opportunity arose to work with a group of Somali Bantu refugees in her hometown of Portland, OR. As the days, months, and years went by, her hopeful enthusiasm began to wear off, her faith became challenged, and the real work of learning to love and serve her neighbors grew harder, deeper, and more complex. She writes: The more I failed to communicate the love of

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