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Wonderful surprise… This week I received a wonderful surprise. The dental practice www.dentalpro.de from Ingelheim collects the dental gold from the patients every year and donates […]

Friday night… Last night I was invited by Höhenwind-Park GmbH in Koblenz. In front of more than 6o interested listeners Clemens Ronnefeldt spoke on the subject: […]

First day at the new school... oday was the first day at the new school after vacation for our six children.heute war der erste Schultag nach den Ferien für unsere sechs Kinder. To their great surprise they were picked up by car and taken home again. They would have to walk by foota distance of more than an hour.

A small walk Today Susan and I went to visit another private school. To my question how far it is to walk, she said, a little behind the Catholic Church. Okay, that's okay, we need about half an hour to the Catholic Church. I put my sandals on and off we go. After half an hour we reached the church. We are walking quickly, on and on… Sometime I asked Susan again, how far is it?

...Land (water) ahoy This time I have 27 days, without arrival and departure day, available here in Kenya. I was allowed to wait for 16 days. Today the hoped-for visit finally arrived. Mr. David N. Muiru from the Rotary Club Nairobi had already set off early today, I think 5:30, to visit Home of Smile.

There are some days... …you don't need... I had enough of these days until now. So I had this big plans for this trip but nothing succeeds. Meetings do not happen, without which I can not continue. Workers do not come or do their work properly. The new plumber seems to understand what his craft is, however, his reliability has potential upwards...

Review... I got a general idea of what we have to do in the next few weeks.The water supply in the house still has potential upwards, some leaks, the corn is about to be harvested, many meetings want to be worked off, a lot of office work has to be done and so on. Thank goodness we got water delivered again at the end of the week. The corn has been harvested since yesterday.

School vacation… Since yesterday our children have school vacation until 29. August. All children have completed their first term with good marks. Here, the school year is divided into 3 terms. 3 months school, 1 month off... or sometimes longer...

a Kenyan Sunday... This morning we had breakfast very early because we walked to the church at 8:30 clock. After half an hour's walk we reach the church. At about half past nine, the service is usually started, but here they were still at the rehearsal. A man performs as a chorus leader and encourages the worshippers to sing.

Saturday morning just before eight o'clock... I was already showered and had breakfast as I hear Susan talking to some people at the outside. The children were still in their room. Then the door opens, all the children are dressed, come out of their rooms and sit down at their table.

Sharing out presents... this morning I was allowed to share out presents... Dear Melanie Göttel in the pictures you can see the smile of the children about your full packed package with toys, coloring books and color pencils in all variations and many more... Many thanks in the name of the children

many thanks to AMAZON CGN1 Koblenz GmbH.... here you can see the smile of the children about the wonderful english children's books and the Peak T-Shirts, in which they will still have to grow a little more :) And of course not to forget the generous donation of money... Many thanks in the name of the children

What shall I say? Since yesterday, I am back in Kenya again. I went working on Wednesday morning and in the evening I went on my way to Kenya. I have arrived well again. The joy was great as it was a surprise. Succeeded ...

International Book Day… The elementary school in our neighbour village Gödenroth had invited to a party on the international book day. People sung, danced, drummed, played […]

I have been back again in Germany for a week already... We got many things done during the four weeks in Kenya.

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Clinton and Mark Kevin… are the names of our two new residents of Home of Smile. Clinton is 5 1/2 years young and Mark Kevin is […]

Four weeks later… We have some news. The maize has been harvested, the farm has been prepared for the new season and now we are waiting […]

Monika Korsch and Sven Rauscher… have taken over the sponsorship for Frieda and Brenda. Thank you very much both for this wonderful commitment to Home of […]

How did this happen? The high school / secondary school Willigis in Mainz had school party in September. HoS was presented by the senior classes in […]

SBeautiful present… I received a beautiful present from a dear friend and sponsor of Home of Smile. He has poured Home of Smile in concrete. One […]

Wonderful concert… I would like to thank our choir “crisscross” from Beltheim for the wonderful concert. With this chairty concert the choir celebrated its 10th anniversary. […]

Birthday for Home of Smile…. Stefan Steffen, a friend and sponsor of Home of Smile gave his birthday party last weekend. He told his guests that […]

Great news from my homeland … with this article I want to encourage all of you to tell your family, friends, colleagues etc. about Home of […]

Hello my dears, after I arrived happily and tired in my new home, the preparations can begin. Yesterday I had a meeting with the team from […]

Hello my dears… Now the time has come. I am sitting at Frankfurt airport and am waiting for my machine, which brings me to my biggest […]

Here is a short summary of a great action of Gaby and Klaus Piepenstock. You find detailed reports and more pictures on Facebook: Home-of-Smile HAPPY END […]

TLast night…. I am pleased to accept an invitation. The “One World Shop Kastellaun e.V.” had invited me to present Home of Smile at its general […]

Hello everybody….. Today I have a great hint for you, how you can support Home of smile with your shopping at Amazon. You visit our webpage […]

The time has come… Our donations shop went online. What does that mean? As of now you can buy products for the construction of our orphanage […]

We, from Home of Smile, want to say thank you very much to you all for your great support and your confidence. We couldn’t make this […]

The best christmas gift….. It was an unforgettable evening, which the conductor of the music club of Beltheim Wolfgang Zorn and of course the music club […]

Thank you to the agency etcetera in Kastellaun… Many thanks to the agency etcetera from Kastellaun for the new flyer. Despite the hustle and bustle, so […]

on Saturday, 05th December 2015 it is that time again. We will be there with our stand from 10 to 17.00 clock at Alphatecc in Simmern. […]

So, Since yesterday I’m back in town… It has been exciting and busy three weeks I’ve spent in Kenya this time. The best thing is, that […]

An appeal on our own behalf… Today I am writing with an appeal to all of YOU… As you have noticed, we want to build a […]

I’m back… Finally I arrived back, which feels incredibly good. Since Wednesday I am back in Kenya 🙂 It is an indescribable feeling when you are […]

What a surprise… Last week I was invited to one of our sponsor “agency etcetera” in Kastellaun. We sat together, did brainstorming and put them to […]

Radioshow “My adventure” 12 th July Today I went to Koblenz and recorded “my adventure” with Reiner Meutsch for the show on RPR1. The interview is […]

A big thank you to… I would like to say thank you today to a great patron, sponsor, benefactor, supporter, creative director and so on ……… […]

3 weeks… packed full of new impressions and experiences I landed safely in Germany again. From the previous reports it is indeed arose already, that it […]

Sun, sand, beach ….. and farewell Today was a special day. Daniela had invited all families to the beach. We had bought drinks and cookies and […]

A beautiful day until… Today was a special day. Daniela had invited all of the families she takes care of to the mother-in-law of “Mama Kantana”. […]

More visits… Yesterday we first went to “Mama Kantana”. She has four boys. One of them is handicapped and goes to a special school, which we […]

New impressions… This morning we visited a school for disabled. This school is sponsored by an Indian from here, who has a large cement plant, and […]

… last day in Embu Monday was the last day in Embu. We once again drove out to take a look at an object, which we […]

… comes to an end This week began, as the previous week ended. Most of the time I spent with relaxing, bit of a walk, visited […]

Warm welcome On Monday late afternoon I arrived safely. Although tired from the long day I was happy to be here. I was assigned in the […]

Great success he campaign of Rhenser Mineral Wells and the Getränke Quelle was a great success. The Rhenser Mineral Wells and the local markets of Getränke […]

a great success again… our bake sale at Alphatecc in Simmern on Saturday was a great success again. On the left picture you see the new […]

Many thanks to „Rhenser Mineral Wells“ for this great campaign and the additional posters. Remember the campaign is still running the whole month of January. With […]

We, from Home of Smile, would like to say thank you to all of you for your support and trust. We wish you all a merry […]

My first presentation was a great success. The audience were more than pleased with the event and found it entertaining and informative. Everyone showed great interest […]

seit Montag den 08.12.14 haben wir einen neuen Sponsor. Es ist die Kanzlei: Zorn • Sabel • Brunnhübner • tax consultant and public accountant from Dörth

Women power at Home of Smile The new flyers are ready. This was organized by Kerstin Jahn, my dear colleague. For Kerstin it was sure to take in hand the project „flyers for Home of Smile“. Despite her stress at work and the construction of her home she found the time to put everything in next to no time to the final. She has designed the whole layout, then emailed it to Mexico to her girlfriend Melanie, who did the graphics and then it was forwarded to Claudia, who organized the printing.

Bake sale in AlphaTecc Simmern, 29th Novemer 2014 Yesterday it was the time. Our first cake sale for Home of Smile was agreat success. We have earned... € 479,20. For this great result, a sincere God bless you.

Hello dear friends of HoS, finally the new homepage went online. Personally, I really like it. I'm very curious to see how you will like it. I already look forward to read your comments, saying praise, criticism and suggestions. Ready, steady and go!

Pictures presentation „My pilgrimage“ with my motto „I'm off... ...for a good cause“ I host on friday the 12th December 2014 in the parish hall of Beltheim at 19 o'clock. It will be a slide presentation about Home of Smile and my experiences with and on the Camino de Santiago.