Gene Higgins considers the life and ministry of Mary Slessor, examining her missionary service in Calabar, Nigeria, and her enduring impact on the region. He discusses the difficult conditions she encountered—including widespread superstition, witchcraft, and tribal warfare—and highlights her courageous efforts to abolish the killing of twins, rescue abandoned children, and establish peaceful trade and stable relations among local villages, drawing parallels to the doctrine of spiritual adoption into the family of God (Ephesians 2, Galatians 3–4).