Chapter 1, around 1930: An elephant horde, packed with all the belongings of a big, wealthy family arrives in the Chiang Mai area from Burma . The family settles in the forest, purchases land, stores its treasures in clay containers and buries them. It erects shrines for ancestors and builds houses. It is the birth of the center of Sanpeesue-Village. Yai, Joy's mother, is an infant at that time.

Chapter 2, the 50s and 60s: Yai, an adult and teacher now, marries Dha. He is of Thai-Chinese descent and works as an instrument-craftsman, musician, carpenter, and teacher. They have children: Siriporn, Joy, and Sanit. Their estate becomes the cultural center of the village. Dha is the head of the musicians who use traditional northern Thai instruments. Yai leads the dancers.

Chapter 3, the 80s and 90s: Joy grows to be head of the family at an early age. She studies home economics at the University of Chiang Mai . Her heart is with agriculture. In Sanpeesue, she establishes the restaurant "Grandmother's Kitchen", develops and sells land, and has already created 90 employment positions at the age of 27. The village is no longer in the forest but becomes a suburb of Chiang Mai. It still exists though: with little shops, chickens, dogs, motorcycles, cats, and people, many of whom are related to each other because their ancestors came from Burma on elephants once upon a time.

Chapter 4, 1999 to 2001: Joy's House has its grand opening with international guests attending. When later asked what he liked most about Joy's House, a guests writes: "First, the warmth, openness and friendliness of the family. Second, wherever we went with Joy's Family - fishing, into the mountains, the villages, to ceremonies, or to temples - there weren't any tourists. I have experienced Thailand without tourists. I have made friends with Thais. I wish I could stay here. It was an incredible experience."

Journalists including representatives of the "Zeit", "Geo", "Stern", "Rheinische Merkur", "Welt", "Sueddeutsche Zeitung", "tz", Muenchener "Abendzeitung", and "Muenchener Merkur", come to Joy's House and write similarly to the mentioned guest: ".I have arrived at a little paradise", or: ".the guest is introduced to worlds that he wouldn't have access to as a tourist". Joy's House wins international awards.

Chapter 5,2002: Jurgen Zimmer investigates the consequences of Aids in villages north of Chiang Mai with a filming crew. Young parents die and leave behind distraught children. In many cases, the children barely survive in miserable living conditions. Joy and Jurgen Zimmer decided to grow up a home for them. “School for Life” Jurgen’s family gives the start up capital. Joy’s family offers land on their farm. Then there is a big festival and the first children active. A circle of friends and sponsors develops and an increasing number of the guests are part of it. The School for Life grows.

Chapter 6,2006 to 2007: There are already 140 children in School for Life, seem to be like a small village. To safe the family feeling and the wisdom of natural life, Joy and Ulrike Meister created a new warm hearted family concept. It’s run in response of the social welfare Union: Children’s Shelter Home which was founded by both of them in the year 2007. Moreover 12 handicap children (deaf and mute) found a new home and a new life with us.