Eva Turner Kimler Jackson was born and raised in East Texas with her six siblings. Her mother was left raising the seven children after her father abandoned the home and went to another state to start a new life. In "The Challenge: From The Cotton Field To The Mission Field", Eva relates her memories and the story of how a girl journeyed from a seemingly insignificant existence in the cotton fields of East Texas to becoming a very significant part of an untold number of lives in a far away country. "The Challenge: From The Cotton Field To The Mission Field" relates not only the living of a life but also the building of a legacy.