01/16/11 - 01/22/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 01/16/11 - 01/22/11


Grace and peace be yours in abundance. (1 Pet. 1:2)


The ship we visited last Saturday, CMB EDOUARD, has a Bible

Study group which meets every Sunday, led by the captain. The

nationality of the crew is all Filipino.


ships visited this week

4 ships on Monday:

AUK ARROW, CHEMBULK BARCELONA, ETERNAL

FORTUNE, and NORDPORT - All Indian; All Indian; Filipino,

and Korean; Filipino, Bulgarian, Russian, Polish, Sri Lanka,

and one Chinese. There were three Christians on the first ship,

one able seaman, third engineer, and a deck helper. We were

on the second ship a year before last Jul. There were two

Christians on board, chief cook, and bosun. (See pic. 1 for part

of the crew). (See pic. 2 for part of the crew on last ship, the

one in the middle is the Chinese cadet). Prayed with them and

blessed the ships. All receptive.

7 ships on Tuesday:

BBC PORTUGAL, BBC GIBRALTAR, VALDIVIA, and

BOW CEDAR - Russian, and Filipino; All Russian; All Polish;

Filipino, and Norwegian. We visited the first ship last Nov., the

second ship last Oct. Prayed with them and blessed the ships.

Receptive.

TOP FAIR, STELLA ALNILAM, and LIAN XING HU - All

Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese. It was just an initial visit on

the first ship. I met an old friend of mine. I told him I will

come back tomorrow again. (See pic. 3 for the captain, on the

left, and the second officer on the second ship). (See pic. 4 for

some of the crew on the same boat. Second row on the left is

the chief cook. First row sits on the right is an able seaman).

We had dinner on this ship. We were on the last ship a year

before last Oct. (See pic. 5 for part of the crew). Prayed with

them and blessed the crew.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.

4 ships on Wednesday:

NORDIC HELSINKI, OSC VLISTDIEP, TOP FAIR, and

NORTHERN LIGHT - Russian, and Latvian; Dutch, Filipinon

and Croatian; All Chinese; All Chinese. We visited the first ship

last Dec. (See pic. 6 for some of the crew on the third ship.

The second one from the right is my old friend). We were on

the last ship a year before last Mar. Blessed the ships.

Receptive.

10 ships on Thursday:

MERCINI LADY, STOLT FACTO, HELLESPOINT

TROOPER, CLIPPER ANN, BELUGA FESTIVAL,

SEABOARD CHILE, and GASCHEM HUNTE - All Filipino;

All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian;

Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, Russian, and German. Prayed

with them and blessed the crew. Receptive.

TOP FAIR, HISTRIA PRINCE, and OVERSEAS BERYL -

All Chinese; All Romanian; Russian, and Ukrainian. It's a revisit

on the first ship. I met my old friend and prayed with him again.

We visited the second ship a year before last Sep., the last ship

a year before last Aug. Blessed the ships.

Someone from FBCC came and joined the ministry today.

6 ships on Friday:
INDUSTIAL ACHIEVER, CONSTITUTION SPIRIT,

HOHERIFF, SITEAMLEADER, SKANDERBORG, and

TIANLONG SPIRIT - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and

Russian; Filipino, Russian, and Latvian; Thai, and Polish;

Indian, Polish, Croatian, and Italian. We visited the first ship a

year before last Dec., the fifth ship a year before last Sep.

There were four Indian Christians on the last ship, a pump man,

second officer, chief cook and bosun. (See pic. 7 & 8 for some

of the crew on board). Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

Receptive.

Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry

today.

2 ships on Saturday:

GLOBAL VANGUARD, and CHIPOLBROK STAR - All

Filipino; All Chinese. We were on the last ship last Aug. (See

pic. 9 for the captain, the second from the left). Prayed with

him and blessed the ship. (See pic. 10 for the chief engineer,

the one in the middle). I asked him did you read the Bible? He

said yes. I asked him do you believe in Jesus? He said yes. I

asked him do you want to get baptized? He said yes. So we

prayed with him and baptized him.

Feng Yan Dang from FBCC, and Dennis Jen from Lakewood

Church came and helped the ministry today.


Peace to all of you who are in Christ. (1 Pet. 5:14)


Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao

www.lifelinetoseamen.org

832-775-5074