12/25/11 - 12/31/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 12/25/11 - 12/31/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Php. 1:2)

ships visited this week,
7 ships on Tuesday (12/27):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
HOSANGER
All Filipino
Prayed with them and blessed the crew
STOLT SISTO
Filipino, and Russian
We were on this ship a year before last Dec. Prayed and blessed their families.
BREMEN TRADER
Filipino, Romanian, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
RICKMERS NEW ORLEANS
Filipino, Bulgarain, and Romanian
We were on the ship last Aug. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
PRAMESTI
Pakistanian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Bengalese
Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board. (See pic. 1 & 2 for part of the crew.) Shared the Gospel with the Chinese chief engineer, the seed was planted.
CHAMPION PIONEER
All Indian
There were seven Christians on board, captain, chief cook, bosun, one able seaman, and three engineers in the engine room. (See pic. 3 for some of the crew.)
MTM NORTH SOUND
All Myanmar
Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry today.

8 Ships on Wednesday (12/28):
KARIN
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship.
SAFMARINE ANGOLA
Filipino, and Bulgarian
We were on this ship last Oct. Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs on board.
TORM THYRA
Filipino, and Danish
Prayed and blessed the crew.
ISOLA BIANCA
Filipino, and Italian
Prayed and blessed their families.
CLIPPER KARINA
Filipino, Polish, and Italian
Prayed and blessed their ship.
GASCHEM BALTIC
Filipino, German, and Polish
We visited the ship last Mar. Prayed and blessed their crew.
CLIPPER MEADOW
Ukrainian, Russian, and Estonian
Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
BBC ROMANIA
Russian, and Ukrainian
We were on board last Oct. Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs to the seaman on duty.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer to help the ministry today.

7 Ships on Friday (12/30):
HENRIETTA KOSAN
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship.
STAR FLORIDA
All Filipino
We were on this ship last Oct. Prayed and blessed the crew.
SOUTHERN KOALA
Filipino, and Korean
Prayed and blessed their families.
MSC ALESSIA
Filipino, German, and Polish
Left Scriptures, Christian literature, and Jesus DVDs on board.
MSC SANTHYA
Russian, and Ukrainian
Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
XENIA
Latvian, and Ukrainian
We visited the ship last Jun. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the vessel.
SC HONG KONG
All Chinese
One Christian on board, bosun. (See pic. 4, the one on the far left.) (See pic. 5 for the chief cook on the left.) Gave away Scriptures, Christian literature, and Jesus DVDs on board. Shared the Gospel with the captain. (See pic. 6. The one on the right.)

6 Ships on Saturday (12/17):
FORTUNE EPOCH
All Filipino
We were on this ship last Aug. We left on the ship Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs.
OCEAN UNICORN
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship.
SEABOARD PACIFIC
Filipino, and Polish
We visited this ship last Sep. Prayed and blessed their crew.
SEABOARD RANGER
Filipino, Polish, and Russian
Prayed and blessed their families.
BERNORA
All Indian
We were on board last Oct. {See pic. 7 for part of the crew. Second from the right is a Christian.}
MARIENBORG
All Thai
We visited the ship last Oct. Prayed and blessed the vessel.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Php. 4:23)

We wanted to wish all the supporters of Lifeline to Seamen ministry a very Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year. We also want to remember in prayer all the seamen that were ministered to in 2011.

God bless all

LTS staff
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074