D. L. Mayfield is a writer and activist who has spent over a decade working with refugee communities in the United States. Her work has been published in
McSweeney's,
The Washington Post,
Christianity Today,
Christian Century,
Sojourners,
Vox, and the
Englewood Review of Books. She is also the author of
Assimilate or Go Home: Notes from a Failed Missionary on Rediscovering Faith. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two children.
From 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...
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