Saturday, August 30, 2008

08/24/08 - 08/30/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/24/08 - 08/30/08

Grace and peace to you from god the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Th. 1:2)
ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
GENCO WISDOM - All Chinese. I took 7 people including the captain, the chief officer, and the chief
engineer to WHCC for morning worship. Brother Weibin Lu took them to Best Buy shopping afterwards
and then brought them back to the ship.
5 ships on Monday:
HOLLAND KLIPPER - Filipino, and Dutch. Receptive.
REDERAL RIDEAU - All Indian. 3 Christians on board. We prayed with 2 Christians and a Muslim.
ZHE HAI 128, STX PIONEER - All Chinese; Korean, and Chinese. It was the first time we visited the
first ship. Captain and chief cook were very friendly people. We come from the same province in China.
Captain invited us for dinner. We delivered to them the Spiritual food. The ship is going to New Orleans
next. We stayed on the second ship for quite a while, talking to a 25 years old young cadet. God
prepared his heart. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior.
SENANUR CEBI - All Turkish. They were all Muslim. They believe Jesus is one of the prophets but not
the Son of God.We didn't stay very long talking with the captain just gave them the Scriptures and
Jesus DVDs.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels. He did a good job.
11 ships on Tuesday:
KIHULAND, GENMAR AGAMEMNON, BBC ZARATE, SKS TAGUS, AMY-C, SEABOARD RELIANCE,
and STOLT JADE - Filipino, and Norwegian; Filipino, Indian, and Romanian; Filipino, Russian,
Ukarinian, and German; Filipino, Russian, Ukrainian, and Indian; Filipino, Ukrainian, Romanian, and
Yugoslavia; Filipino, Ukrainian, Polish, and Venezuelan; Filipino, and mixed crew. They all receptive.
Couldn't get on the last ship because of security reasons.
HARRIETTE - All American. Many believe in Jesus. They need the hope in Jesus.
SANTIAGO - Ukrainian. Responsive.
ZHE HAI 128, and YUN TONG HAI - All Chinese. It was a revisit on the first ship. Prayed with 6 people
on the second ship including the captain and the chief engineer. Both ships are going to New Orleans
next.
3 ships on Wednesday:
CHEMBULK YOKOHAMA, and CARIBBEAN SPIRIT - Romanian, Russian, and Myanmar; Korean, Filipino,
and Myanmar. 2 Myanmar Christians on the first ship. 2 Myanmar Christians on the second ship. Prayed
with them and gave them the Scriptures, Jesus DVDs. One Myanmar came to pray the salvation prayer.
ESHIPS EAGLE - Indian, Latviai, and Polish. 3 Indian Christians on board. We were on this ship last June.
Not much Gospel material had been given out. Many of them still remembered me. Blessed the vessel.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the ministry. A good team work.
7 ships on Thursday:
NENA C, OCEAN MARINER, GLOBAL CARRIER, and VERONA CASTLE - Ukrainian, and Russian;
Filipino, and Russian; Ukrainian, Russian, and Turkish; Bulgarian, Filipino, and Ukrainian. Receptive and
Blessed the crew.
SAFMARINE DOUALA - All Chinese. We were on this ship last June. Many knew me from the previous
visits. 12 people came and together we prayed the salvation prayer. Took the fitter and the third engineer
to Wal Mart and led them to repent and asked Jesus to come into their hearts.
LIQUID CRYSTAL - One Greek captain and the rest were Filipino. Delivered the Scriptures, prayed and
blessed the ship.
EAGLE CHARLOTTE - All Indian. I was on this ship last month. 6 Christians on board including the chief .
engineer. Prayed with the Christians. The pump man also wanted to pray for him and his family. Blessed
the vessel.
12 ships on Friday:
SELANDIA SWAN, BOW PRIMA, SAFMARINE TEXAS, AMBASSADOR NORRIS, and MAYA - Danish, and Filipino; Swedish, Norwegian, and Filipino; Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Filipino; British, Polish, Croatian,
and Filipino; Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Latvian, Mexican, African, and Filipino. Delivered the Scriptures,
Jesus DVDs and prayed with them to confirm their faith and blessed the vessels.
CHEM CLOVER, and CHEMBULK SAVANNAH - Georgian, and Indian; Georgian, and Myanmar. All 5
Indian Christians went ashore on the first ship. Prayed with the others.. No Myanmar Christian on the
second ship. Blessed the crew and vessels.
FORMOSA SEVEN, GENCO WISDOM, SZYMANOWSKI, BASIC RELIANCE, and PACIFIC FLORES - All
Chinese; All Chinese; Polish, and Chinese; Korean, and Chinese; British, Filipino, and Chinese. Nearly
missed the first ship. I caught her right before she lifted her game way. They got the Scriptures and the
Gospel materials. This was a revisit on the second and third ships. We were on the fourth ship last March.
Many crew had changed since. The new crew got their Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. Prayed with one
Chinese on the last ship. One soul saved.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. (2Th. 3:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Friday, August 22, 2008

08/17/08 - 08/23/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/17/08 - 08/23/08

Grace and peace to you. (1Th. 1:1)
ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
FEDERAL MATTAWA, and SPT NAVIGATOR - Filipino, and Croatian; Filipino, Croatian, British,
Indian, Georgian, and Italian. We gave out Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, as well as prayed with them.
YONG AN CHENG - All Chinese. This was a familiar ship. Some of the crew knew us from the previous
visit and on other ships. Captain was polite but refused to talk more about the salvation. Steve gave 4
seamen a free hair cut while I took an able seaman to Wal Mart shopping. This was the 2nd time I
prayed the salvation prayer with this AB. May God blesses his heart.
YASA ILHAN - All Turkish. They were all Muslim but they like the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs we gave them.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels.
9 ships on Wednesday:
ISABELLA KOSAN, PAC ALNATH, and FULL RICH - All Filipino; Filipino, Myanmar, Chinese,
Singalpor, and Romanian; All Chinese. Short visit on the first ship. It was a good visit on the 2nd ship.
3 Chinese came to pray the salvation prayer. We presented to the third ship some Christian songs,
and a testimony. 7 people came and Pastor Chiu prayed for them and the vessel.
SERENA, DORINE, and VIKING STAR - All Romanian; All Polish; All Latvia. Delivered to them the
Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and blessed the ships.
OCEAN VIRGO, SIRORAT NAREE, and CHALOTHORN NAREE - All Indian; Indian, and Thai; Indian,
Thai, and Sri Lanka. 4 Indian Christians on the first ship. Prayed and gave them the Scriptures, and the
Jesus DVDs. No Thai Christian on the second ship. 2 Indian Christians on the third ship.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the ministry. It was very nicely done.
10 ships on Thursday:
STOLT HILL, CLIPPER TROJAN, GOLDEN EYE, UAL NIGERIA, and UAL COBURG - All Filipino; All
Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Polish. Gave away the Scriptures
prayed and blessed the ships.
KAPITAN DANILKIN, and BBC MISSISSIPPI - All Russian. Receptive. .
GENCO WISDOM, and GOLDEN DOMINIQUE - All Chinese; Korean, Myanmar, and Chinese. We
were on the first ship last February. Many knew me from the previous visits. They wanted to get familiar
with me too. Prayed and blessed the vessel. I told them that I will come back tomorrow. Only 1
Chinese 3rd engineer on the second ship. I could tell he was so lonely. He said that I was the first
Chinese he met in this half of the sphere. We prayed and he received Jesus into his heart. No Korean
Christian, but 2 Myanmar Christians. They look different. What a living testimony for Jesus. We prayed together and blessed the vessel.
NAVIG8 SPIRIT - All Indian. I was on this ship last June. 3 Christians on board. A short visit and
blessed the vessel.
6 ships on Friday:
HISTRIA CORAL, and LUCKY TRANSPORTER - All Romanian; Romanian, and Indian. They were
happily received their Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
NIEBLA, HIGH GLOW, and KRISJANIS VALDEMARS - Spanish, Honduras, and Peruvian; Filipino, and
Myanmar; All Ukrainian. Well receptive. 1 Myanmar Christian on the second ship. Blessed the ships.
GENCO WISDOM - All Chinese. This was a revisit. Prayed with 3, the captain, the chief engineer, and.
the general steward. Took 7 to go to Wal Mart including the chief officer and the chief cook, prayed with
them in the van. Thank God.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1Th. 5:28)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, August 16, 2008

08/10/08 - 08/16/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/10/08 - 08/16/08

Grace and peace to you from God our Father. (Col. 1:2)
ships visited this week
3 ships on Monday:
ALEXIA - Russian, and Ukrainian. We delivered extra Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
SANAGA - All Chinese. We did a little bit Bible study with the 2nd officer, bosun, and an able seaman.
Then we concluded with a salvation prayer by accepting that we are sinners and invited Jesus in our
hearts.
POS FREEDOM - All Chinese. One Christian on board, the chief cook. After we sang some hymns
and explained the salvation prayer, 12 people stood up and prayed together. Praise the Lord. Only 3
seamen had short pass. We took the 2nd officer and the motor man to Wal Mart shopping and sent
them back.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels.
4 ships on Wednesday:
PAC ALTAIR, KANG QIANG - Filipino, Myanmar, and Chinese; All Chinese. It was a short visit on the
first ship. And it was a harvest on the 2nd ship. About 20 people including the officers and the crew
came to pray the salvation prayer. We also presented to them Christian songs, testimony, and short
message. They liked the Scriptures, Gospel literature, DVDs and CDs.
MARE DI NAPOLI - Italian, and Romanian. Sent them the Jesus DVD and blessed the vessel.
ABU DHABI STAR - Indian, Russian, and Filipino. 4 Indian Christians on board. Prayed and delivered
Scriptures, and the Jesus DVDs.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu, and brother Youn Sha Chan from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the ministry. I really appreciated their coming. The Lord did too.
9 ships on Thursday:
UBC SANTOS, AYIA MARINA, BBC PERU, and MALTE B - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, Polish
and Russian; Filipino, Ukrainian, Russian, and Lithuania. Delivered the Scriptures prayed and blessed
the vessels.
FEDERAL MACKINAC, and MAERSK CONSTELLATION - All Indian; All American. Two Christians on
the first ship. Prayed with one and a Muslim. Very receptive on the American vessel. .
LU XUN, NORDANA MATHILDE, and IKAN PROGRESO - All Chinese; All Chinese; Filipino,
Singapore, and Chinese. We were on the first ship last April. Some seamen knew me. Finished
distributing all the gospel materials I brought. I played a little magic with a short message and caught
their attention. 16 of them formed a circle, and we prayed the salvation prayer. Praise the Lord. An
initial visit on the second ship. Planned to come back tomorrow. A short visit on the third ship. Prayed
with the Filipino and the Chinese.
4 ships on Friday:
KANG QIANG, and NORDANA MATHILDE - All Chinese; All Chinese. This was a revisit on the first
ship. We had a little Q & A time on the vessel. The we left with blessings. We were on the second ship
last April. Some knew me from the previous visit. Prayed with the captain and some others. The
message was delivered and the seeds were planted.
FORTUNE EPOCH - All Filipino. Blessed the crew and the vessel.
SUMATRA PALM - Filipino, Myanmar, and 4 Chinese including the captain. We caught the ship before she was ready to sail. Prayed with the captain, the chief officer and one other seamen. Thank the Lord.
Some one doesn't want to mention his name came from FBCC and helped the visitation.
3 ships on Saturday:
FU AN CHENG, and FORMOSA FOURTEEN - All Chinese. 2 Christians on the first vessel. The
commissar was very resistant when we started to talk to him, but became very polite when we left. We took the captain and 2 fourth engineers to China Town shopping, and prayed with them and for them in
the van. The Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs were delivered on both vessels.
STAR GEIRANGER - All Filipino. Blessed the crew and the vessel.
Mrs.Kelley Kao, Daniel Jen, and Brother Lichow Tan from HCC came and assisted the visitations.
Grace be with you. (Col. 4:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, August 9, 2008

08/03/08 - 08/09/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/03/08 - 08/09/08

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Php. 1:2)
ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
VERGINA - All Filipino. They had a Jacob's ladder, but we didn't climb it, because we had materials in
our hands. We took an easy way out. They came down and got the Scriptures. Blessed the vessel.
MOSOR - Croatian. Very interesting people. They received the Jesus DVDs.
MARITIME ALLIANCE - All Chinese. There was no gangway. We used an armed elevator to get on the
ship. 6 people came forward and prayed the salvation prayer: to admit we are sinners, and because
Jesus Christ's blood and our faith, we are counted as righteousness. And because His resurrection, we
have eternal life.
AALBORG - Polish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Romanian. Very receptive. Blessed the vessel.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels.
4 ships on Wednesday:
MURAT KIRAN - All Turkish. Every one we met was receptive.
LIAN XING HU, ETERNAL CONFIDENCE - All Chinese. All Chinese. We were on the first ship three .
weeks ago. We delivered some current evangelical newspaper and magazines to them. We finished
all the Gospel materials we brought for the second ship. We sang a lot of Christian songs in duet, they
liked it very much, and we asked them to pray the salvation prayer. They all did. There were about
fourteen of them.
VALLERMOSA - Italian, and Indian. 2 Indian Christians on board. Short visit.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the ministry a lot.
8 ships on Thursday:
STAR HARDANGER, PORT MAUBERT, and ROSBORG - All Filipino; Filipino, and Romanian; Filipino,
Romanian, and Polish. Half of the Filipino Christians don't have a Bible with them, so we just deliver it.
MARE CARIBBEAN, and STENA CONQUEROR - All Russian; Croatian, Russian, and Indian.
Receptive at first, then was a little bit ignored on the first ship. May God helps them to value those
Scriptures. 2 Indian Christians on the second ship. Prayed with 2 Muslims. One bosun and one able
seaman. Praise the Lord for their interest. Took 2 seamen to the seafarers' center.
HAI AN CHENG, FU MAN, and SZYMANOWSKI - All Chinese; All Chinese. Polish, and 4 Chinese.
We were on the first ship last April. Many seamen knew me including the captain. Finished distributing
all the gospel materials I brought. It's the first time to visit FU MAN. One able seaman was a believer.
He was in Vancouver and learned how to pray there. His family members are all Christians. I just
confirmed his faith with him in Jesus' death and resurrection. The last ship had 4 Chinese engine room
cadets on board. Didn't see them, but plan to visit them again.
10 ships on Friday:
ATLANTIC FORTUNE, CLIPPER ORION, DIANA, and RIO MAGDALENA - All Filipino; Norwegian, and
Filipino; Russian, Romanian, and Filipino; Honduras, Panamanian, Guyana, and Filipino. All receptive.
HUDSON, FLINTERHUNZE, CELINE, and PERSEVERANCE - All Ukrainian; Indonesian, and Russian;
Romanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Russian; Egyptian, Sri Lanka, and Polish. The second ship was
ready to sail. I caught her just before she was leaving the shore, and gave them the Scriptures.
SZYMANOWSKI - Polish, and 4 Chinese. This was a revisit. The ship was sailing. They were taking up
the gangway. I only had 2 minutes. I prayed to the Lord to give me a chance to see the Chinese crew..
2 Chinese cadets showed up. I asked one of them to stand on the gangway, and we prayed the
salvation prayer together. Praise the Lord. He did it. I gave him more Gospel materials and blessed the
crew and the vessel.
JAG VIKRAM - All Indian. 2 Christians on board, chief cook and 4th engineer..4th engineer went to
shore. Prayed with 3 Hindus and for their families and their vessel.
3 ships on Saturday:
THOR SPRING, and PILICA - Russian, and Filipino; All Polish. Delivered to them the Scriptures and
Jesus DVDs..
GENIUS STAR 1 - 17 Chinese. Finished all the Gospel materials we brought with us. Prayed with 2
with the salvation prayer, counseled 1 able seaman, blessed the captain and the vessel.
Weibin Lu, and Dekang Wang from WHCC came and sustained the visitations today.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Php. 4:23)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, August 2, 2008

07/27/08 - 08/02/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/27/08 - 08/02/08

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 1:2)
ships visited this week
10 ships on Monday:
MYRA, SANKO SPRING, STOLT VESTLAND, RAS MAERSK, OLYMPIC FLAIR, and ESHIPS
DUGON - All Filipino; All Filipino; Russian, and Filipino; Danish, and Filipino; Filipino, Russian, and
Greek; Filipino, Russian, and Polish. Prayed with the Christians and blessed the vessels.
BBC EMS - Russian, and Ukrainian. Receptive.
SKODSBORG - Polish. Receptive.
IKAN SEPAT - Chinese, and Filipino. We were on this ship last June 30. Nearly a month ago. We
shared a little bit music and they liked it. They also liked "The Hope" DVDs we gave to them.
SURREY - Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Turkish, and Indian. 1 Indian Christian on board.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels.
11 ships on Tuesday:
BBC ARAMIS, KEN, SENTINEL II, HAPPY BEE, SANKO SPRING, FICKMERS TOKYO, BRUSSEL,
and SELENDANG INTAN - All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and
German; Filipino, Sri Lanka, and Indian; Filipino, Indian, and Russian. Prayed and blessed the vessels.
SAFMARINE CAVALLA, and CAPELLA - All Ukrainian; Russian, and Lithuania. Receptive.
DARYA SUR - All Indian. 5 Christians on board. Prayed with a Christian and a Hindu.
5 ships on Wednesday:
CARIBBEAN CARRIER, and JANNIE-C - All Russian; Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Portuguese,
Irish, and Spanish. Not very open but responsive.
SONG HAI - All Chinese. This was the first time we had been on this ship. We had a small evangelistic
meeting on board. We had Christian songs and testimony, and concluded with a salvation prayer.
There were about fourteen people together in the mess room. The commissar was a little bit shocked.
He was the only one didn't accept any of our Gospel materials.
MARE DI NAPOLI - Italian, and Romanian. Short visit but receptive.
CHEMSTAR PRINCESS - 4 Korean officer and Myanmar crew. 2 Myanmar Christians on board. We
sang some Christian songs together, and prayed the salvation prayer with the Christians and the
Buddhists. There are many naked and starved people on the street and country side. They wanted us
to pray for them. So we did and blessed the vessel.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the ministry a lot. He was here with me last Wednesday also, but I forgot to mention about it on the last week visitation report. My apology. He was asked to baptize the Chinese general steward on PAC ADARA. Praise God.
8 ship on Saturday:
BORON NAVIGATOR, MCT MONTE ROSA, CHALLENGE PHOENIX, EEC PACIFIC, STAR THETA,
and RICKMERS HAMBURG - All Filipino; All Filipino; Indian, and Filipino; Ukrainian, Indian, and
Filipino; Ukrainian, Russian, and Filipino; Ukrainian, Romanian, Sri Lanka, and Filipino. Sent them the
Gideon Bibles, blessed the vessels and took 2 Filipino seamen to Seafarers' Center.
STELLA AZZURRA - Romanian, and Itlalian. Delivered to them the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
CAPELLA - Lithuania. This was a revisit. Blessed the crew and the vessel.
Pastor Malone wrote:
Thomas Tao is fulfilling the Great Commission by energetically evangelizing the seafarers. He's taking brothers with him to do the ship visitation. Pray for his health as he's carrying a heavy work load.
My beloved son, Mark, and his gracious wife, Angela, have opened up their home to me. They've
honoring me by taking such good care of me including my darling daughter, Paula who is a nurse. I'm following my cardiologist instructions by taking my prescribed medication. Walking 1 - 2 miles a day and eating right are challenges. Sleeping good at night helps me to function better the next day. Pray for my health and family as I regain my strength and help more in the ministry.
Pray also for our board meeting, Aug.12, and Thomas ordination, Aug. 24, at his home church,
Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. (Eph. 6:24)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao