A few years ago, a young man from Africa took a romantic interest in my youngest daughter. He was a nice Christian man who was fluent in 4 languages. Unfortunately, English wasn’t one of them.

And, in keeping with the customs of his country, he offered me two pigs, four goats and six chickens for my daughters hand. My daughter was still in high school at the time and had no interest in the man so I didn’t respond to the offer. Plus, the fact that the man was in the country illegally led me to believe that he had other motives.

Besides, I lived in town. What was I going to do with all of that livestock?