He humbled Himself.

Obedience in missions and social justice has always been costly, and always will be. In the village of Miango, Nigeria, there is a SIM guest house and a small church called Kirk Chapel. Behind the chapel is a small cemetery with 56 graves. Thirty three of them hold the bodies of missionary children. Some of the stones read:

Ethyl Armold September 1, 1928- September 2 1928
Barbara Swanson 1946-1952
Eileen Louise Whitmoyer May 6, 1952- July 3, 1955

For many families this was the cost of taking the gospel to Nigeria. Charles White told his story about visiting this little graveyard and ended it with a tremendously powerful sentence. He said "The only way we can understand the graveyard at Miango is to remember that God buried his son on the mission field".

-John Piper in his book Future Grace