09/21/08 - 09/27/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 09/21/08 - 09/27/08

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Phm. 3)
ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
FORMOSA ELEVEN - All Chinese. We were on this ship last April. Many crew had changed including the
captain. There was one Catholic seaman on board. The chief cook was very nice. He invited us to stay and
have dinner so we did. We had both group evangelism and personal evangelism on board. Many were willing
to accept Jesus as their friend and to say "Jesus is in my heart." God's Word were planted.
CAPTAIN JOHN NP, and HELLENIC SEA - Filipino, and Croatian; Filipino, and Greek. Delivered the
Scriptures, Jesus DVDs and prayed with crew.
CED FUTURE - All Russian. Receptive.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels. Praise the Lord..
15 ships on Tuesday:
REINA ROSA, ATLANTIC SPIRIT, NORA, MARNEBORG, GENCO WARRIOR, FFEDERAL PATROLLER,
UAL MALONGO, ALIAKMON, UAL HOUSTON, and BBC WESER - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and
Croatian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino,
Russian, and Greek; Filipino, Ukrainian, and one of the countries in African; Filipino, Sri Lanka, Russian,
Ukrainian, and Maldivian. Prayed and blessed the Christians on the ships. Gave away the DVDs and CDs.
VICTORIA, AZOV WIND, and UAL MEXICO - All Romanian; All Georgian; All Polish. Receptive.
CHEMICAL MARKETER, and NORD OBSERVER - All Indian. The first ship had 4 Christians. A Hindu
wanted me to pray for his marriage because he has a Christian girl friend. The second ship had 10
Christians on board. One Christian wanted me to pray for his family. Scriptures of various languages had
been delivered.
4 ships on Wednesday:
NORD SINGAPORE - All Chinese. Lots opportunities to share the Gospel. There was one Buddhist
resisted to take the Gospel material. Most of them were open and interested in our sharing of the faith
and the Scriptures.
SCF NEVA, and BROTHER GLORY - All Russian; Russian, Ukrainian, Indian, and Montenegro.
Responsive with prayer. Delivered the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
NAVIG8 STEALTH - All Indian. 6 Christians on board. Prayed with the Christians and Hindus. One Christian
wanted us to pray for his wife and his 6 years daughter, just to have a healthy family.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the ministry.
5 ships on Thursday:
SHRIKE, and SMARAGD - Filipino, and Romanian; Filipino, and Russian. Prayed and blessed the crew as
usual.
PANAM ATLANTICO - Myanmar, and Croatian. One Myanmar Christian on board. Gave them the Jesus
DVDs, and English Christian songs in CD.
BERGE NANTONG - All Indian. 6 Christians on board including the chief cook. He was real nice, and
wanted me to pray for his family. Prayed with some Hindus too.
ZENITH EXPLORER - All Chinese. I had a chance to have a personal evangelism with the captain. He made
decision to come to the Lord. He is only 40 years old. Pray for the education of his only child.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you spirit. (Phm. 25) Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

09/14/08 - 09/20/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 09/14/08 - 09/20/08

Grace, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. (Tit. 1:4)
ships visited this week
4 ships on Friday:
MCP ROTTERDAM, KIRSTEN K, RICKMERS SEOUL and LORETTA D - Filipino, and Polish; Filipino,
Ukrainian, and German; Filipino, Romanian, Polish, and Chinese; Filipino, Polish, Bulgarian, Russian, and
Ukrainian. Delivered the Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and CDs. Prayed with the Christians on board. They even
asked me how was my family doing after the hurricane. I told them thank the Lord, everything was fine.
5 ships on Saturday:
RICKMERS SEOUL - Filipino, Romanian, Polish, and 1 Chinese. This was a revisit. We came especially
for the only one Chinese and won him to Christ. He was so young and not married yet.
SAGA SKY, SAGA WIND, TINAMOU ARROW, and BOW SANTOS - Filipino, and British; Filipino, and
Ukrainian; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, and Croatian. Routine visits.
Brother Daniel Jen from HCC came along and help the ministry. I am grateful for his coming.
There was no ship visitations on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, due to hurricane Ike came to Houston and Galeston.
Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. (Tit. 3:15) Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

PS We have a Website now, the address is lifelinetoseamen.org

09/07/08 - 09/13/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/07/08 - 09/13/08

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (2Ti. 1:2)
ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
BM DEFENDER, and TINAMOU ARROW - Filipino, Russian, and Indonesian; Filipino, Russian, and
Romanian. Prayed and blessed the ships.
ATLANTIC LEO - All Indian. 3 Christians on board. Prayed with 2 Christians and one Hindu. They prayer
requests were the safety of the vessel and the health of their families.
TOURAINE - All Chinese. Fairly receptive and hospitable. We were on this ship before. Many familiar faces.
Some liked to listen to our preach. The seed was planted.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels. He is a wonderful helper.
7 ships on Wednesday:
PANAM SOL, KEDARNATH, and CLIPPER OCEANICA - All Indian; Indian, and Ukrainian; All Indian. Six
Christians on the first ship. Two Christians on the second ship. And three Christians on the third ship.
Gave out the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. Prayed with the Christians as well as the Hindus on board.
LU XUN, and PAC ATHENA - All Chinese; Filipino, and Chinese. I was on the first ship almost four weeks
ago. four of them had short pass. I just delivered some current Chinese Christian News Paper "Herald" to
them. One able seaman asked me for a bunch of Jesus DVDs. He said he wanted to give them all to his
friends when he gets home. I took two Chinese seamen to the Seafarer's Center on the second ship. And
shared the gospel with one of them. Good response.
BUNGO SPIRIT, and NCC HAIEL - All Vietnamese; Filipino, and Romanian. They said they had three
Christians on board but I didn't see them. Receptive and Blessed the vessels. Gave out Romanian Jesus
DVDs.
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. (2Ti. 4:22)
There is no ship visitations on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday due to hurricane Ike coming to Houston and Galeston.Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

08/31/08 - 09/06/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/31/08 - 08/06/08

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (1Ti. 1:2)
ships visited this week
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday had not many ships in port because hurricane Gustav was near by.
6 ships on Wednesday:
NORGAS TRAVELLER, SUZIE Q, AFRICAN LARK, MELLUMPLATTE, and BALSA 63 - Russian, and
Filipino; All Ukrainian; Russian, and Ukrainian; Russian, and Ukrainian; All Filipino. Delivered the Scriptures
and Jesus DVDs. Prayed with the Christians on board. They used to have Bible Study every Sunday 6:00
pm on the Filipino ship. Since the leader was ill and went home they had no more.
FU LE - All Chinese. Some of the crew were not interested in it but some did. The chief cook had some
experiences in Christianity.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the ministry. A good team work.
9 ships on Thursday:
OKHTA BRIDGE, MONNERON, GREEN CRYSTAL and FALCON - All Russian; All Russian; Russian, and
Norwegian; All Ukrainian. Receptive and Blessed the vessels. I didn't bring enough Russian Jesus DVD's
but I found some in one Russian ship. I collected them and gave to the other Russian ships.
ELENE, UBC BATON ROUGE, OCEAN MARINER, and COMMENCEMENT - All Filipino; Filipino, and
Serbian; Filipino, and Ukrainian; Filipino, and Russian. Prayed and blessed the crew and ships.
ORHAN DEVAL - All Turkish. Although they were Muslims but they still interested in the Scriptures,
Gospel materials and Jesus DVD's. Blessed the vessel.
7 ships on Friday:
SICHEM PANDORA, and SCM ELPIDA - All Russian. Delivered the Scriptures, Jesus DVDs and blessed
the ships.
MATHIOS, SEATROUT, SAPPHIRE I, UAL AMERICA, and MALTE B - All Filipino; Filipino, and German;
Filipino, Russian, and Romanian; Filipino, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, and Polish; Filipino, Russian,
Ukrainian, and Lithuania. Prayed with them strengthen their faith. Gave them the Scriptures, Jesus DVDs,
and Bible CDs. Blessed the crew and the ships.
Brother Payton Huang from the college fellowship of WHCC came to help the ministry today.
4 ships on Saturday:
NORDKAP - All Russian. Receptive.
TRADEWIND UNION, and BARCAROLLE - Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, Swedish, and Russian. Prayed
with 2 Filipino Catholics and one seeker on the first ship.
MARITIME FRIENDSHIP - All Chinese. The ship was open. We were doing the work of evangelists to
many, only one had a positive response. Praise the Lord.
Brother Alex Wu from WHCC came and joined the visitation today.
Brother Tom Reports:
In the last E-mail Thomas Tao omitted a very important milestone in his life. We want to congratulate him for his ordination to serve as a full time chaplain at the Port of Houston. The service was truly a memorable event. There was a great attendance with families coming together from the 3 large Chinese Churches. We had a fantastic fellowship.
David Hsu, the senior pastor from West Houston Chinese Church, organized the service to honor Thomas for his Godly achievement. We ministers laid hands on Thomas and his dear wife, Nancy, to bless them. I had some oil to anoint them with the Holy Spirit for God's Grace and power in their global missionary outreach.
Pray for them as they do the work of evangelists.
Grace be with you. (1Ti. 6:21)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao