Matthew Prather cherished his family, revered African mission work and eschewed social status. Recently, the teen spoke to second-graders about his summers distributing medical supplies and conducting bush clinics in Zambia. Sarah Higinbotham, a Sunday school teacher at North Atlanta Church of Christ, was teaching her students about a verse from Romans 15:1 that reads, "Strength is for service, not status." She asked Matthew, who was helping the kids create tissue-paper flowers for Mother's Day, what value he placed on status.