''Wir wollen retten, was andere fortwerfen: alte Möbel, alte Häuser oder – das Wertvollste – Kinder und Jugendliche. Menschen, die andere abgeschrieben haben. Kein Mensch ist in Gottes Augen wertlos. Er liebt die Menschen und kann in jedem Gutes wecken. In jedem!'' Sabine Ball

The 82- year old Sabine Ball has lived a dynamic life that has impacted many. Forced to flee from her home in Königsberg, she traveled to Dresden where she survived the horriffic Dresden bombing in 1945. She completed an apprenticeship in hotel management in the US, was head of a Miami yacht club, married a millionaire, founded a hippie-community in California and so on.

1993 - Back in Germany, her heart went out to kids from problematic families in Dresden Neustadt. She wanted to help them get free from drugs, alcohol and crime. Sabine gave them the time, warmth, meals, clothes and hope they needed.

Currently, Sabine Ball concentrates her activities in Dresden. She meets people and talks with them at her apartment at stoffwechsel e.V.. Her door is always open. Occasionally she is also on the road giving lectures at schools, prisons, women’s breakfast meetings and also in communities. Due to her age and health reasons this is now more of an exception. Wherever she goes she speaks freely of her life experiences and is thus able to encourage and challenge others to surrender their lives entirely to God's will because every human being is endlessly precious in God's eyes.