Dear seafarer's friends, 01/13/07 - 01/19/07
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. (2 Pet. 1:2)
ships visited this week
6 ships on Sunday:
OSIOS DAVID II - Filipino. Hermie, second officer, know for 15 years. He is the
evangelist having Bible study twice a week and has great respect from the crew. Gave
him many Scriptures, DVDs and CDs.
DD PROGRESS, and RM DYNASTY - Russian. These vessels were here a few
months ago. It was good to see some old faces again and build relationships.
GLOBAL SANTOSH, SAGA JOURNEY, and TAVILAND - Filipino. Some of the men
on these ships were known. While fellowing up with them, others were reached out
with the Gospel also.
11 ships on Monday:
FAREAST SUNNY - Chinese. 4 people came to pray the salvation prayer including the
captain. We left the ship just before she sailed.
CARMEL, FELICITY, and FOLEGANDROS - Greek, Filipino; Indian, Filipino; and
Greek, Filipino. Good responses.
PREM PRIDE - Indian. 6 Christians on board. Prayed with 1 Christian, 1 Buddhist, and
1 Hindu. The Christians all got their Scriptures and DVDs with thanks giving. One
Christian even ran after me, a seven minutes walking distance to my car, to get the
Scripture.Thanks be to God for their thirsty hearts.
FRIJSENBORG, and SKODSBORG - Polish. Very receptive. Prayed and blessed
them.
ESTEEM SPLENDOUR, and GALAHAD - Indian. Korean, and Filipino. Shared the
Gospel with them.
VELA - Indian. Initial visit. Didn't go on board because of the dangerous gangway.
However, a humble Hindu came to the car to be saved. Also took the Christian second
engineer and his lovely wife shopping.
GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP - Korean, and Burmese. 2 Korean and 3 Burmese Christians..
Many opportunities for witnessing. Before leaving the ship,1 Burmese received Jesus.
4 ships on Wednesday:
ATLANTIC LAUREL, CARIBBEAN EXPRESS, and BALTIMAR EUROS - Russian, and
mainly Filipino. Good but brief visits. Prayed and blessed them.
STENA FR81 - Indian. 9 Christians and 2 salvations. 1 nominal Christian didn't believe
in the Devil or hell. Counselling him as we were watching the Passion of the Christ.
Several others listened as we dialogue.
6 ships on Thursday:
NEW ORION, and GANNET ARROW - Korean, and Filipino; All Filipino. Prayed with
them and blessed the ship.
PRINCESS V - All Indian. 3 Christians on the ship including the captain. The captain
is a very nice person. He came all the way from his cabin upstairs to the mess room
downstairs to pray with us and other 2 Hindus. Some got the Scriptures of their own
languages and were really happy.
PACIFIC MAKASSAR - Britsh, Irish, Chinese, and Filipino. 8 Chinese on board. Met 6
of them. Prayed with 5 of them, another one was very resistant. The Filipino are mostly
very friendly to the missionaries.
STOLT TENACITY, and ALARA K - Filipino; and Turkish. It was so glad to bound the
devil on the ALARA K, a Turkish vessel, who had some Muslim fanatics on board. They
didn't give any trouble, and there was freedom to share the Gospel.
10 ships on Friday:
BLEST MARINE, ST VASILIOS, GAS DIANA, PRIMERA, and SKS TIETE - Russian,
Norwegian, Latvian, Romanian, and mainly Filipino. They all receptive.
MAERSK NEBRASKA - American. Left a NIV Bible.They said they really needed that.
SINBAD - Korean. 7 Christians on board. 2nd officer was a Christian everyone on the
ship knew. He is a very good witness for Jesus.
SPT CHAMPION - Indian. Brief visits because of rain and cold weather.
STOLT LOYALTY, and KASHMIR - Yugoslavian, and Russsian; Indian, and Russian..
Short visits.
To him be glory both now and forever! (2 Pet. 3:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
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