Eunice Redeker Hausler grew up on a small farm in Southern Illinois, a child born into a family of seven siblings.
Hard work was expected.
A one-room school was commonplace, and from there being one of the first to go to high school which opened up the world.
College became possible with hard work.
A teaching degree in Lutheran Education led to teaching in the U.
, Papua New Guinea, and China.
Marrying an Australian gentleman fulfilled the great adventure.