02/03/08 - 02/09/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 02/03/07 - 02/09/07

Grace and peace to you.
ships visited this week
3 ships on Monday:
STOLT VALOR, and MARWA - Indian; Russian, Ukrainian, Chilian, and Filipino. There
were 3 Christians including the captain on STOLT VALOR. The captain has a
respectable spirit. Prayed with him and another Christian together. We just praised the
Lord. Prayed and blessed the ship at MARWA.
NORDTIDE - Chinese. 2 Christians and 4 salvations. Took 1 Christian the chief
Engineer, the only one who had a short pass to Wal Mart to shopping. Prayed with
him in the car. He had a dear friend who just passed away recently, he felt really upset
and needed to pray. He was baptized at Evangelical Chinese Bible Church in
Vancouver, and prayed everyday since then. The whole box of Chinese Gospel
materials were all given away. Mission has been accomplished, and yet the prayer still
goes on.
6 ships on Thursday:
BRO PROVIDER, and ANGEL ISLAND - Filipino, Romanian, and Swedish; All Filipino.
Prayed and blessed their families and the ships.
THOR SHANGHAI, BELAIA, and VIJITRA NAREE - Russian; Indian; and Thai. They
were so happy to receive the Gospel materials of their own language. 4 Indian
Chrisstians on BELAIA, the 2nd officer, bosun, wipper, and 1 able seaman.
STARGOLD TRADER - Chinese. The captain is a Christian whom we baptized on
another ship 4 years ago. He invited us to have a special meal "dumpling" at dinner.
We gave a special thanks to God in front of everyone, because today is the Chinese
New Year's day. They all have a special gift from God that's His Word.
Peter Ko from West Houston Chinese Church came to help visiting the ships today.
Thank the Lord.
4 ships on Friday:
SABINA, and MARE DI RAVENNA - Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish, and Latvian;
Italian, and Romanian. Receptivve.
SHINYO INTEGRITY - Chinese. 12 people came to pray the salvation prayer including
the captain, the chief officer, and the chief engineer. The chief engineer is very
knowledgeable about the Bible stories. We shared the God's word with him and the
2nd officer for a long time.
ATLANT SVENJA - Croatian, and Filipino. Blessed the crew, their families, and the
ship..
Pastor Malone is sick again. He accumulated some fluid in his lung. Doctor gave him
some medication. He needs a lot of rest, maybe a week. Please pray for his health.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. (Rev.22: 21)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao