Concrete Walls
There was a recent blogpost that was posted by A Life Overseas called you’re doing it wrong. It gives a list of the various polarized views on how to integrate into a society and culture that is vastly different than your own. Many of these things I have wrestled with myself and I still wrestle with. I want to devote my next few blogposts to share some of my own thoughts regarding these various perspectives. http://www.alifeoverseas.com/youre-doing-it-wrong : You missionaries living in guarded compounds, you’re obviously not really invested in your community. You alienate your neighbors with barbed wire topped fences. You missionaries living in houses and apartments in local neighborhoods, you are risking the safety and well-being of your family. Thank God for those missionaries in that guarded compound nearby that welcome you with open arms and shelter you in times of trouble.” The fence and the security post of the ACSI Nigeria office Coming from the U.S, towe