10/19/08 - 10/25/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/19/08 -10/25/08 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
1 ship on Sunday:
GENCO CARRIER: All Chinese. Took four people including the chief engineer to WHCC. Chief engineer was just converted last
week.2 ships on Monday: GENCO CARRIER - All Chinese. Took five people to NASA JSC. They had a lot of fun. The captain didn't go, but he allowed
me to prayed with him. FLOYEN - All Myanmar. No Christians on board. Prayed with a Buddhist and blessed them. 6 ships on Tuesday: CASTEL DELL' OVO, and NEW ZEALAND STAR - Filipino, Russian, and Italian; Filipino, Russian, Polish, Maldivian, and
Greek. Seamen are very endurable people. They work long hours, and walk long distances. I really admire them. SANMAR SERENADE - All Indian. Four Christians including the captain on board. Prayed with the Christians, Hindus and
Muslim. YONGXING - All Chinese. We were on this ship last May. Some of the crew changed including the captain. They refused to
pray with us, but they received all the Gospel materials we brought for them. SILVERFJORD - All Myanmar. There was only one Christian on board, Jonathan the OS. Oh, he was so precious. His grand
father is a pastor. We prayed together, and with a Muslim together also.
TRANS CATALONIA - Norwegian, and Romanian. Receptive.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels. He came along way over twenty times already. 5 ships on Thursday: ADVANCE II, and SUNNIVA - Indian, and Filipino; Indian, Russian, and Turkish. Two Indian Christians on the first ship. The
Filipino, Indian and I prayed together. One of the Indian Christians wanted me to pray for his family. One Christian on the second
ship. ALESSANDRO DP, and SANKO BLOSSOM - Russian, and Filipino; British, Bulgarian, and Filipino. Receptive.
CHANG HANG TAN SUO - All Chinese. We were on this ship last January. There were two believers or more on board. I
didn't know that until I talked to them, their parents and families are Christians. They got all the Scriptures and materials. They
even wanted the English Holy Bible. Prayed with many of them.
9 ships on Friday:
ANGUS EXPRESS, CISNE BLANCO, CLIPPER SIRIUS, and TAMARA - All Filipino; Korean, and Filipino; Norwegian,
and Filipino; Greek, Ukrainian, and Filipino. Good response from the ships.
MARO L, and MOSCOW STARS - All Ukrainian; All Russian. Receptive.
PALVA, and CATALONIA - All Finn; All Polish. We didn't have Finnish Bible, but we gave them "The Passion of the Christ"
DVD. They welcomed it. We had the Polish NT. They liked it.
EVNIA - Greek, Russian, Myanmar, and Arabian. The duty officer was very resistant. Praise the Lord , He gave us the patience
and courage, We were able to gave others the Scriptures of their own languages.
Payton Huang from WHCC, and someone doesn't want us to mention his name from FBCC joined the ship visiting today.6 ships on Saturday: UAL AFRICA, RICKMERS SHANGHAI, and INDIAN POINT - Russian, and Filipino; Croatian, and Filipino; Italian, and
Filipino. We left the name and phone number on board, so if they want come to church they can call us..
FROST 5, SKALVA, and IMPALA - All Russian; All Lithuania; Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Polish, and Indian. Two Indian
Christians on board. Prayed with one. William Lu from WHCC senior group came and helped the ministry. He used to be a seaman. To him be glory both now and forever! (2 Pet. 3:18)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

10/12/08 - 10/18/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/12/08 -10/18/08 Grace and peace be yours in abundance. (1 Pet. 1:2) ships visited this week 4 ships on Monday: NORDANA MADELEINE, and BUNGA KANTAN DUA - Filipino, and Yugoslavian;
Filipino, Indian, and Malaysian. Filipino and Indian are very religious people. We
had good response on both ships. COS PROSPERITY - All Chinese. There was one Christian, gereral steward, on
board. He said to us he likes to be a missionary after he retires. They were all very nice and hospitable. We prayed in both the officer's and the crew's mess rooms. We
took one able seaman to Wal Mart and brought him back. Every little bit of the
Gospel material was gone. NORD OPTIMISER - All Indian. Two Christians on board, captain and bosun. Prayed
with the Hindus and blessed them. 5 ships on Tuesday: FAABORG, SAKURA EXPRESS, and CHEMBULK NEW YORK - All Filipino;
Filipino, and Crotian; Myanmar, Croatian, and Georgian. We visited the first and the
third ship last April. No Christian on the Myanmar ship. SAGA ANDORINHA - Indian, and Sri Lanka. Three Christians including one of the two
Sri Lankas on board. Prayed with one Christian and two other Hindus. JING AN CHENG - All Chinese. We were on this ship last June. More than half of the
crew knew me. First I had a chance to evangelize one person, the general steward, because everyone was busy. When the captain and everyone came, the atmosphere
was a little bit tense, although they still take the Gospel materials, until the new
commissar shew up. To my surprise, he was very open. We used dinner time and
talked over an hour. About the Gospel, the Bible , Isreal, personal life, sins and the
goverments... I didn't invite him to make a decision. Just pray when the time comes,
he will come to the Lord. Pedro Go from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels. Though he forgot his
picture ID, we were still able to visit two ships. Praise the Lord.. 10 ships on Thursday: CLIPPER CARIBE - Myanmar, Croatian, and Ukrainian. No Myanmar Christian on this ship. Prayed with a Buddhist. They got the Jesus DVDs. KRONBORG, ROSBORG, and CLIPPER MOON - All Polish; Polish, and Romanian;
Filipino, Norwegian, and Polish. People from different country has different custom,
but they all friendly. They received the Scripture and Gospel materials. SPAR LYRA, and STENA CONQUEST - All Indian; Indian, Russian, and Swedish.
Four Christians on the first ship. Took the captain and his wife to Seafarer's center.
Prayed with the Hindus and Muslims. One Christian on the second ship was
extremely nice to me helping me to carry the Gospel material box in and out. I gave
him a little bit extra DVD. BBC AFRICA, and NORDANA SOPHIE - Russian, and German; All Thai. Receptive.
MARK-C, and OVERSEAS VEGA - Filipino, Romanian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, and
Chinese. There was only one Chinese on the second ship and he is a third generation
Christian. His father and grand father are all Christians. We preyed togither before he
got on the bus to shopping. I gave him many Christian literatures.6 ships on Saturday: ATLANTIC TRADER, OCEAN JADE, COLUMBIAN EXPRESS, and SCAN HANSA -
Russian, and Filipino; Korean, and Filipino; Indian, and Filipino; Russian, German, Kiribati, and Filipino. One Indian Christian, and one Kiribati Christian. Well receptive.
JIN SUI - All Chinese; All Chinese; She was a two months old ship. No one has short
pass. We had an opportunity to share the Gosple with a few of them and prayed with many others together. God softened their hearts. Most of them got the Scriptures. ALAMO - All Chilian. Delivered to them Scriptures, Jesus DVDs and prayed with
them. Alex Wu from WHCC, Ying Dau Lu, and Daniel Jen from HCC came and helped the
ministry. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. (1 Pet. 5:14)

Your brothers In Chrit Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

10/05/08 - 10/11/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/05/08 - 10/11/08

Greetings. (Jas. 1:1)
ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
GRAND VIEW - All Chinese. Picked three seamen to WHCC. Weibin Lu took them to shopping after lunch,
then sent them back to the ship.
Rev. Mike Cooke had a sharing in both the Chinese Congregation and the English Sunday School at WHCC.
4 ships on Monday:
IKAN SEPAT - Filipino, and Chinese. We were on this ship three month ago. A short visit with some of the
friends. Prayed with six Chinese.
ZHONG HAI, and HAONING GLORY - All Chinese. We were on the first ship last year. Didn't stay very
long there. One Christian on the second ship. We promised to pray for each other. Prayed with 15 of them.
DUBAI STAR - Indian, Ukrainian, Maldivian, and Indonesian. Four Christians on board including the only
Maldivian. Prayed with them and the Muslims and blessed them.
4 ships on Tuesday:
PACIFIC CELEBES - Filipino, Chinese, Irish, and British captain. We visited this ship last May. It's a new
crew. We prayed with the Chinese and took some pictures. Receptive.
JAG REENA - All Indian. Three Christians on board we met one. Prayed with him and the other Muslims.
They liked the Jesus DVDs.
OCEAN BELLE, and TAIXING - All Chinese. We were on the first ship last May. Many crew knew us.
Thirteen of them has short pass. Steve Yeboah took seven to his church in the evening. We were on the
second ship in Sep. last year. Very resistance on prayers, but they received Scriptures, Jesus DVDs and
Gospel materials.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels today. Praise the Lord..
4 ships on Thursday:
MIBORG, and HYUNDAI TREASURE - All Myanmar; Korean, and Myanmar. No Myanmar Christian
on either ships. Gave them the Jesus DVDs and the Gospel materials.
MONIUSZKO - Polish, and Chinese. We were on this ship last May. Most of the crew has been changed
since then. We were very friendly welcomed. They received all of our Scriptures and Gospel supplies. We
made the first step. They wanted us to come back again.
LARVIK - All Indian. Five Christians on board. We prayed with them and the Hindus and Muslims. One
Christian wanted us to pray for his family's land problem especially
Peter Ko from WHCC came and help the ministry today. Praise the Lord.
7 ships on Friday:
NEGOTIATOR, and SELENDANG INTAN - All Filipino; Indian, and Filipino. Although there was no Indian
Christian on the second ship, we gave out the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
UAL CONGO, BBC AMAZON, and YM JUPITER - Russian, Estonia, and Latvian; Russian, and German;
Russian, and Turkish. One of the German seamen was very polite, and very receptive.
GENCO CARRIER - All Chinese. Initial visit.
YASA GULTEN - All Turkish. All Muslim on board, but they like the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
Payton Huang from WHCC English group came and helped the ministry today. Thank the Lord.
9 ships on Saturday:
COS PROSPERITY, GENCO CARRIER, and PAC ANTARES - All Chinese; All Chinese; Filipino, Myanmar, and Chinese. It was just an
initial visit on the first ship. We were on the second ship in Feb. last year. Most of them have short pass. Steve Yeboah took six of them
to his church Thursday night. Some others said they can come to church with me on Sunday. Many of them stepped forward and prayed
together. Thank God for softening their hearts. They received all the Gospel materials we brought.
JO SYPRESS, BOW PRIMA, FANY, and BARCAROLLE - Dutch, and Filipino; Norwegian, and Filipino; Korean, and Filipino; Russian,
and Filipino. Two Korean Christians on the third ship. Some of these ships are coming to Houston regularly, but the crew were usually
changed.
BBC MISSISSIPPI, and DOBRUDJA - Russian, and German; All Bulgarian. Receptive. Bulgarian were thirsty for Scriptures. I didn't
bring any with me only gave them the Jesus DVDs. If any other port read this, please take some Bulgarian Bibles to them.
Weibin Lu from WHCC came and helped the ministry. He likes to drive. So I let him drove, and I got a free ride.
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and some should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins. (Jas. 5:20)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas

09/28/08 - 10/04/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 09/28/08 - 10/04/08

Greetings,
ships visited this week
4 ships on Sunday:
STAR GRINDANGER, CORAL HIGHWAY, NAVIOS HERAKLES, and RHEIN - All Filipino; All Filipino;
Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, and Polish. Those ships were visited by Pastor Malone, not on board but down
at the end of the gangway. Good responses.
8 ships on Monday:
STAR GRINDANGER, CORAL HIGHWAY, NAVIOS HERAKLES, and RHEIN - All Filipino; All Filipino;
Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, and Polish. We revisited those ships to deliver to them what they didn't get
yesterday: Jesus DVDs, The passion of the Christ DVDs, and English Christian songs CDs.
SAT TRINITY - All Chinese. There was one Christian on board. He had a lot questions, we had fellowship
with him and prayed with him. Also shared the Gospel with the captain and the chief engineer. Both of them
chose to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
GENCO CAVALIER - All Indian. Two Christians on board, chief cook and general steward. We prayed with
them and blessed them.
JOSE BREEZE, and GOLDEN CHARLOTTE - All Myanmar; Myanmar, and Korean. All Buddhists on the
first ship. Receptive on both ships.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels. Praise the Lord..
5 ships on Tuesday:
AURORA AMETHYST, and NAVIOS HERAKLES - All Filipino; Filipino, and Greek. We visited the first
ship last Feb. and last Jun. We went on board and prayed with them. Very receptive. Pedro can speak
Tagalog so we prayed in Tagalog. A short revisit on the second ship.
BBC GIBRALTAR - All Russian. Receptive. They were glad to receive the Scriptures.
SEA HARVEST, and BRIGHT LAKER - All Chinese. Chinese, and 2 Korean. We were on the first ship
three years ago. Evangelized the chief engineer this time. Chief officer made his choice to let Jesus coming
into his heart after we shared the Gospel with him. Scriptures and Jesus DVDs had been delivered.
Pedro Go from WHCC came and help the ministry today. Thank you Lord.
4 ships on Wednesday:
JIN RONG, and NORDIC RUTH - All Chinese; Indian, and Chinese. Many knew me from the previous visits
on the first ship. Led them to pray and blessed them. There was only one Chinese on the second ship.He
was so glad to talk Chinese with me and received so many Chinese Scriptures and Gospel materials.
Prayed with him an Indian Christian. There were four Indian Christians on board.
OCEAN GRACE, and SPT CONQUEROR - All Indian. Three Christians on the first ship. Prayed with the
Christians and Hindus. Four Christians on the second ship.
3 ships on Thursday:
TATJANA, and MEDI VALENCIA - All Romanian; All Filipino. A short visit just deliver the Gospel materials.
LEOPOLO STAFF - Polish, Chinese, and Filipino. There was a chance to have a personal evangelism with
a Chinese cadet. He made his choice to come to the Lord. Pray for his personal relationship with the Lord.
Rev. Mike Cooke from Ketchikan, Alaska came and participate the ministry today.
Rev Mike Cooke met Rev. Tom Malone on Friday. Three of us had a good lunch together.
1 ship on Saturday:
GRAND VIEW - All Chinese. The ship was here early last year. Only three people has short pass. Bosun,
chief cook and an able seaman. They promised they could come to church with me on Sunday.
Rev. Mike Cooke had a sharing of the seamen ministry in Ketchikan in the mission fellowship meeting in
WHCC tonight. Over 30 some people attended the meeting.
Grace be with you all. (Heb. 13:25)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao