The Flame Project is Lit

Grace and Joseph live in a small thatched hut in a tree-poor remote,

flat area within view of Mount Kilimanjaro. Three times a day,

Grace cooked rice, maize and porridge meals over an open fire in-

side her hut with her three children. Doing so risked the health of all

due to inhaling the equivalent of 40 cigarettes a day, not to mention

eye irritation that could lead to permanent damage. She also walked

several miles every three to five days to look for, gather, and carry

firewood back to fuel the fires.

This was necessary despite the risks of attack, rape, and death while far

from her safe home. Multiply this scenario times thousands just within

Kenya alone, and the need for a better way becomes obvious. East-West’s

newest humanitarian aid venture, The Flame Project, provides this better

way. It is a community-development initiative that replaces open-fire cook-

ing methods with small, high-efficiency stoves.

The stoves’ design allows

Grace and those like her to burn

wood for only 15 minutes for each meal because of the more intense

heat that radiates from the ceramic liner. By burning less wood for a

shorter period, the smoke hazards diminish greatly. Also, she gathers

wood only once every three weeks now. For families in locations

where buying wood is necessary, the lower need for fuel significantly

decreases one of the families’

greatest living expenses.

We are excited about this new initiative that will dramatically improve living

conditions, slow the consumption of trees in areas already deforested, and

provide an opportunity to share the Gospel privately with families. This will

add a new aspect to my involvement in lives of Kenyans.

Check out this two-minute video to learn more about the Flame Project. All

funds donated to this project finance the provision of stoves and all efforts by

nationals to run the program. My involvement as the Field Director is funded

through direct donation to my missionary fund.

Gary Glahn, Kenya Field Leader Newsletter #11 December 2011

Please consider a year-end gift to extend your reach of mercy and compassion to families in remote Kenya

and DR Congo by donating at eastwest.org/GlahnDonate or by check to the address on page two. This dona-

tion will cover my expenses as I manage all projects, including travel to Africa several times a year.

Glahn Family Life

Sandi finished 300 pages of her 400-page dissertation first draft last month. Praise God!

Sandi and I were honored to be the “parents of the groom” at Carlos Zazueta’s marriage to Karla Brand on 11-11-11. Carlos has been an inspira-tion to us as we have been blessed to be involved in his life since 1997.

Merry Christmas!

Praise

The birth of our Savior

Decreased costs for at-risk children

at the private school they attend

Finding a contractor to complete the

water well in our Maasai location

The spread of the gospel in East Africa

Prayer Requests

Continued multiplication and healthy

growth of churches on Mount Elgon

Completion of my goal to raise $150

more monthly for personal support

Safety and provision for pastor Fred

and DRC village pastors who help the

suffering and share Christ with them

Successful planning for and execution

of Kenya orphan trip in February

Donations of new or used digital cam-

eras and laptops for partners in Africa

My health on trips away from

Westernized medical facilities.

Please send donations to this address:

East-West Ministries International

P.O. Box 868050

Plano, TX 75086-8050

Memo on check: Glahn account # 9259

Give online at: www.eastwest.org/glahndonate

All contributions are tax deductible.

Thank you for your partnership with me in this work. Your participation is crucial for success.

More Plans for February

Aside from co-leading the orphan trip, I will be showing our various projects and

ministries in three locations to East-West’s VP of Field Missions. While visiting

the Maasai, we will inspect a newly finished water well. In Kitale we plan to meet

with the Adopt-a-Legacy Ministries (ALIM) board, which oversees our at-risk

child sponsorship program logistics, and visit the primary school our children at-

tend. We will take a day trip up Mount Elgon to visit some of the Sabaot believers

in newly-established remote house churches. After the main team leaves, I plan to

stay in Kenya to visit the Pokot and view the school/church building that we hope

will be completed.

Come with me to Kenya February 9–19, 2012

I am co-leading a team to work with poor, orphaned, and aban-

doned children among the Maasai in Southern Kenya and in

the town of Kitale in Northern Kenya. Join us as we spend sev-

eral days in each location playing with and teaching children,

who will soak up all the love you can give them. No special

skills or training are necessary other than what we will provide.

The cost is $3,850, which includes flights to and from Kenya,

four inter-country flights, eight nights’ accommodations at “Westerner friendly”

lodges and guest houses, meals, and land transport. Read more and apply to go

at eastwest.org. Email me for questions at: gglahn@eastwest.org

Group Rates Rock!

When I was in Kitale last June,

two ALIM board members and I

met with the owner of the private

school where all our sponsored

primary-school children attend.

We requested a discount in fees

for each child because we enroll

so many in the school. I praise

God and thank the school for honoring our request with a new flat-rate per stu-

dent of $375 per year. Each sponsor has been paying $480 per year, so we will

pass this savings on to them.

“She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord

through the prophet would be fulfilled: “Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a

son, and they will call him Emmanuel,” which means “God with us” (Mat 1:21–23).