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Old Navy, Benin, and Macedonia

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He looked African to me, but it probably isn’t appropriate to go up to a black man in Milwaukee and say, “Are you from Africa?” Now there’s a recipe for evangelistic success! However, having been to Africa as a 13 year old, I usually can recognize a West-African when I see one. So, although my mind told me that approaching him on this basis alone would not be wise, I couldn’t let it go; I had to talk to him. I approached.

Please don’t take this wrong, sir, but you look like one of my best friends from Benin, West Africa.   

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March 30, 2008 at 12:45 pm

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