Saturday, December 26, 2009

12/20/09 - 12/26/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 12/20/09 - 12/26/09

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's
son, will be with us in truth and love. (2 Jn. 3)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
TAIXING - All Chinese. This ship had a small accident. She is repairing in
the dock. And the caroling team from HCC and WHCC was able to visit her
this afternoon. We had an opportunity to preach and witness to them publicly
and individually even though there was a commissar on board. (see picture 1,
2, 3, 4 for our group and their group). (see picture 5, 6, 7, 8 for the small
group evangelization). Six seamen raised up their hands for Jesus Christ.
Yingdau Lu from HCC, and sixteen from WHCC including two elders
organized the Gospel team to sing Christmas caroling and did testimony to
the ship.
6 ships on Monday:
STAR EVVIVA, ATLANTIC DREAM, and YAKIMA PRINCESS - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and a few Indian passenger. We visited the first
ship last Oct. All receptive. Prayed with them and blessed the crew.
BW BORG, MAGIC I, and FU HUA - All Indian, and one Russian second
officer; All Indian; All Chinese. We were on the first ship last Mar. There were
seven Christians on board, captain, chief cook, chief engineer, second officer,
fitter, motor man, and an ordinary seaman. (see picture 9 for two of them).
Prayed with them and gave them Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. There were
eleven Christians on the second ship, two captains, second officer, second
engineer, chief cook, general steward, third engineer, two fitters, bosun, and
an able seaman. (see picture 10 for some of them). Prayed with them and sang "Silent Night" for them. A revisit on the last ship.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the visitation today.
8 ships on Tuesday:
TAIXING, ATLANTIC CROWN, ATLANTIC AQUARIUS, and STENA
STEALTH - All Chinese; All Indian; Indian, and Filipino; Indian, and Filipino.
Just a revisit on the first ship. The ship is still repairing. It won't sail probably till
the end of the month. There were three Christians on the second ship, chief
cook,an able seaman, and a motor man. (see picture 11 for some of the crew).
We were on the third ship last Oct. There was one Indian Christian on board,
general steward. (see picture 12 for some of the crew).
GLORY OCEAN, LINGE TRADER, BBC VENEZUELA. and THOR
NEPTUNE - All Filipino; Filipino, and Ukrainian; All Ukrainian; All Thai. We
visited the first ship almost two years ago, the second ship last Sep. and the last
ship last Sep. All receptive.
2 ships on Wednesday:
GOLDEN IVY, and FORMOSA EIGHT - Filipino, Russian, and Myanmar;
Filipino, and Chinese. We were on the first ship last Apr., and the second ship
last Aug. There were only three Chinese on board, captain, chief engineer, and
third officer, the rest was all Filipino. I gave them Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and
Christian literature. Both ships were responsive.
3 ships on Thursiday:
FORMOSA SEVEN, MATRAH, and CLIPPER VICTORY - All Chinese;
All Indian; Filipino, and Norwegianan. We were on the first ship last Sep. Most
of the crew remembered me very clearly. I prayed with them again and gave
them the Christian literature. Three of the seamen had shore pass, and they
wanted me to take them to shopping. We walked five minutes and came back,
because they didn't wear hard hat and goggle in the plant. When will these
security ban be lifted up, so they can come ashore freely?
2 ship2 on Saturday:
TAIXING, and NEW CONQUEST - All Chinese; Filipino, Chinese, and
Indian. A revisit on the first ship again. This was the third time this week. I
was hoping some one can come with me to church on Sunday, but no body
can come ashore. The shore pass they had were all expired. There were ten
Chinese on the second ship. I met five of them, and gave five sets of Scripture,
Jesus DVD, and literature away. And left five sets in the mess room for the
others to pick up. I also gave the Indian and Filipino Jesus DVD's of their
languages.

Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. (3 Jn. 15)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, December 19, 2009

12/06/09 - 12/12/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 12/06/09 - 12/12/09

Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. (2 Pet. 1:2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
2 ships on Sunday:
RICKMERS SEOUL, and CHEMBULK GIBRALTAR - Filipino, and
Romanian; Myanmar, and Russian. We visited the first ship last Mar. We
were on the second ship last Oct. They were very responsive.
Yingdau Lu from HCC, and seventeen from WHCC organized a Gospel
team to sing Christmas caroling to the two ships.
3 ships on Tuesday:
TAIXING, GEM OF KILAKARAI, and KALITIHI SEA - All Chinese;
Indian, Filipino, and Chinese; All Bulgarian. Due to the foggy condition, ship
channel was closed and opened, opened and closed for the last three days.
We were trying to have Christmas caroling on the first ship last Sunday, but we
missed it. I went to revisit the ship myself again, knocking on the door of each
cabin and making sure that they all got the Gospel material. They all very
receptive. There were three Chinese on the second ship. I prayed with one of
them. He was very responsive. He took all the Gospel materials I got for him
and the other two.
2 ships on Thursday:
BRAZOS I, and CLIPPER TRIUMPH - All Indian; All Chinese. We were
on the first ship last Jun. There were five Christians on board, captain, chief
cook, second officer, fitter, and motor man. (see picture 1, from left to right, motor man, able seaman, and fitter). We prayed together. The able seaman was
a Hindu. There were some Chinese seamen, their family members were
Christians. They want two Bibles and two Jesus DVDs to give to their relatives.
I got an empty box back. All receptive.
15 ships on Friday:
SONGA EMERALD, AFRICAN KOOKABURRA, JO KASHI, STAR
EAGLE, SENTINEL II, and AGIA - All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; All.
Filipino; Filipino, and Croatian; Filipino, and Korean. We visited the third ship
almost two years ago, the fourth ship last Jun., the fifth ship last Sep., and the
last ship over two years ago. Prayed with them, gave them the Scriptures, and
Jesus DVDs.
BW NICE, BLUE DOLPHIN, STOLT CONCEPT, and TESSA PG - Indian,
and French; Indian, Filipino, and Italian; Indian, Filipino, and Croatian; British,.
Ugandan, and Guinean. We were on the first ship last Jan., the third ship over
two years ago. All receptive.
ATLANTIC ELAND, LS ASSENTED, MAGDALENA GREEN,
FAABORG, and SENECA - All Russian; All Russian; Dutch, Filipino, and
Russian; Filipino, German, Russian, and Ukrainian; Indonesian, Georgian, and
Ukrainian. All responsive.
1 ship on Saturday:
FU HUA - All Chinese. We've never been on this ship before, but some
seamen knew me from the previous visits on the other ships. (see picture 2 for some of the crew I prayed with). I told them we have a group of people from
different churches maybe coming to sing caroling tomorrow. I just pray that
the security guard will let us in.

To him be glory both now and forever! (2 Pet. 3:18)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, December 12, 2009

12/06/09 - 12/12/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 12/06/09 - 12/12/09

Grace and peace be yours in abundance. (1 Pet. 1:2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
6 ships on Monday:
SUNNY ACE, and JANA - Filipino, and Japanese; Russian, and Ukrainian. Receptive.
LI BAI, BULK AVENIR, OVERSEAS CYGNUS, and RICKMERS
SHANGHAI - All Chinese; All Chinese; Filipino, Russian, and Chinese;
Filipino, Russian, Romanian, and Chinese. We were on the first ship last Aug.,
the last ship last Mar. (see picture 1 for some of the crew I prayed with on the
first ship). They took all the Gospel materials I brought with me. It was an
initial visit on the second ship, but, I had a very nice evangelical conversation
with the captain. I could almost witness for him that he was real close to
salvation. We visited the third ship over two years ago. Prayed with the crew
and blessed the ship. .
3 ships on Tuesday:
IKAN ALTAMIRA, OVERSEAS CYGNUS, and BULK AVENIR - Filipino, and Chinese; Filipino, Russian, and Chinese; All Chinese. We
were on the first ship last Oct. We delivered the current Christian literature. A
revisit on the second ship and the last ship. Very responsive on the last vessel.
They took all the Gospel materials we got for them.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
We had a seamen mission coworkers gathering at my house this evening. (see
picture 2,3,4). It was a very memorable night.
5 ships on Thursday:
STENA FR8 2, MAERSK HERITAGE, CRYSTAL MERMAID, AYSE
AKSOY, and SUCHADA NAREE - All Indian; Indian, and Filipino; Filipino,
Indonesian, and Myanmar; All Turkish; All Thai. We were on the first ship last
Sep., the fourth ship over two years ago, and the last ship two weeks ago.
There were four Christians on the first ship, Chief cook, general steward (see
picture 5), third officer and motor man. There were two Indian Christians on
the second ship, second engineer, and fourth engineer. All receptive.
2 ships on Friday:
TAIXING, and MARDI GRAS - All Chinese; All Chinese. We were on the
first ship just last month, and the second ship last Mar. There was one Christian on the second ship, the captain. He was baptized here in Houston nine years
ago. He doesn't remember the name of the pastor, but from he described I think
it was Pastor Malone. And later on the captain convinced his wife to be a
Christian. He wanted us to pray for his eighteen year old son, he is still a seeker.
We had a good fellowship with the captain. We exchanged Bible verses to
encourage each other. He said he has really started to believe since he was
baptized. (see picture 6, the third one from the right is the captain. The second
one from the left is the chief cook. He is a believer but not baptized yet.)
Someone doesn't want his name to be known from FBCC came and helped the
visitation today.

Peace to all of you who are in Christ. (1 Pet. 5:14)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, December 5, 2009

11/29/09 - 12/06/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 11/29/09 - 12/05/09

Greetings,

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
3 ships on Monday:
HIGH SPIRIT, GRANITNYY BEREG, and SHOU NING HAI - Indian, and two Russian; All Russian; All Chinese. There were three Indian Christians on
the first ship, chief cook, general steward, and fitter. (see picture 1 for Steve and
some of the crew). (see picture 2 for the three Christians and I). (see picture 3
for captain, the one in the middle; chief engineer, front left, on the Chinese ship).
Prayed with them and blessed the crew. .
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry.
6 ships on Tuesday:
BBC HUDSON, COTOPAXI, NAVIG8 SUCCESS, and SUCHADA
NAREE - All Russian, All Ecuadorian; All Indian; Thai, and four Indian. We
were on the last ship last Jan. There was one Indian Christian on board,
oiler. There were six Christians on the third ship, chief cook, 2nd cook,
general steward, able seaman, ordinary seaman, and pump man. All receptive.
PAC DUBHE, and SEA FLOURISH - Two Romanian, Filipino, Myanmar,
and Chinese; All Chinese. We were on the first ship last Sep. (see picture 4
for the third officer). He prayed with me with the salvation prayer. We were
on the second ship last Oct. (see picture 5 for some of the crew). I delivered
to them the current Chinese Christian newspaper and new Chinese Christian
calendar. They liked it very much.
8 ships on Thursday:
INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVER, INDUSTRIAL DIAMOND, NYBORG
MAERSK, and ROMUVA - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, Danish, Russian, and Romanian; All Latvian. We visited the first ship and the third ship over a
year ago, and the last ship over two years ago. (see picture 6 for captain, chief
engineer, and I on the first ship).
SPAR LUPUS, DUSITA NAREE, CLIPPER MAKISHIO, and STX ACE 10
- All Indian; Indian, and Thai; Indian, Latvian, and Turkish; Korean, and
Myanmar. We visited the last ship last Aug. There was one Myanmar Christian
able seaman on board. All receptive. There were three Christians on the first
ship, general steward, able seaman, and ordinary seaman. (see picture 7 for
part of the crew). There were six Indian Christians on the second ship, second
officer, third officer, third engineer, fifth engineer, general steward, and motor
man. I prayed with them and gave them the Scriptures and Jesus DVD's.
4 ships on Saturday:
PAC ADARA, IOANNIS M, SANKO BLOSSOM, and DA MING HU -
Filipino, and Chinese; Filipino, Greek, and Romanian; Filipino, Russian, Polish,
Bulgarian, and Finland captain. We were on the first ship over a year ago, and
visited the third ship a year ago. (see picture 8 for some of the crew on the first
ship). Prayed with them and gave them Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and a lot of
Christian literature. The last ship was very resistant, because the commissar
was at the gangway. He didn't want me to give any Scripture and Jesus DVD.
But after he went away, two seamen came to me and asked for Chinese Bible
and Jesus DVD privately. My heart was thrilled and excited, so I left a whole
box of Chinese Christian newspaper, calendar and literature on board as the
commissar permitted.


Grace be with you all. (Heb. 13:25)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, November 28, 2009

11/22/09 - 11/28/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 11/22/09 - 11/28/09

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Ohm. 3)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
2 ships on Monday:
HIGH EFFICIENCY, and SEA RAINBOW - All Indian; All Chinese. We
were on the second ship twenty one months ago. All the crew has been
changed. (see picture 1 for some of the crew). There were three Christians
on the first ship, the fourth engineer, an able seaman, and a cadet. (see picture
2 for some of the crew).
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
5 ships on Tuesday:
MATTHEOS I, CLIPPER SIRIUS, MUNTEBORG, NIDA, and BERGE
NINGBO - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; All Polish;
All Indian. We visited the first ship three weeks ago, the second ship last Sep.
We were on the last ship last Sep. There were three Christians on board, fitter,
able seaman, and gas engineer. (see picture 3 for fitter and I), (see picture 4
for some other crew). All receptive. Prayed with some of them and blessed the
crew. One Indian sailor told me that speaking the material things western
countries are leading, but speaking the spiritual things Indian is well advanced. I
said to him there is only one God, and only one Spirit. He said that he believed
what I believed in. I wish he doesn't mean it.
5 ships on Wednesday:
KOPALNIA HALEMBA, STAR GRIP, ATLANTIC MONTERREY, CV
STEALTH, and STOVE TRADITION - All Polish; All Filipino; Filipino, and
Chinese; Filipino, Indian, Malaysian, Russian, and Chinese; All Chinese. We
visited the second ship and the last ship over a year ago. The crew changed
to a different nationality entirely on the last ship. And it was just an initial visit.
(see picture 5 for the Chinese crew on the third ship). (see picture 6 for the
2 Russian, Filipino, Chinese, Filipino, and an Indian couple on the fourth ship).
We were on the fourth ship last May. The half Chinese Christian captain on
this ship knew me, and called my name from behind. He reminded me that he
was a chief officer when we saw each other last time, and now he is a captain.
Then he invited me for dinner. I prayed with the other Chinese and gave him
the Scripture, Jesus DVD, and all the Gospel materials.
4 ships on Friday:

CAPE BEALE, JO SYCAMORE, CHIPOLBROK MOON, and STOVE
TRADITION - All Filipino; Filipino, and Dutch captain; All Chinese; All
Chinese. We visited the second ship over a year ago. We were on the third ship
last Jul., the last ship a year ago; (see picture 7 with some of the crew on the third ship, Payton on the far left, Yingdau on the far right). We prayed together
on deck. A small number of the crew have been changed since last time we met
on this ship. I had a good evangelized talk with the captain and the third officer
on the last ship. The third officer was very receptive. The captain was close. He
said his mother and grand mother are Christians. We prayed in his cabin.
Yingdau Lu from HCC and Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped me
very much on today's visitation.
3 ships on Saturday:
CHEMICAL CELESTE, CIELO DI PARIGI, and STENA CONQUEST -
All Indian; Indian, three Russian, and Italian captain; Indian, Romanian, and Latvian. We were on the first ship last Sep., and the last ship last May. There
were five Christians on the first ship, chief cook, general steward, one able
seaman, and one motorman. (see picture 8 from left to right, one Hindu, the
motorman, and the chief cook). There was one Indian Christian on the second
ship, an able seaman. They were receptive. There were two Indian Christians
on the last ship, bosun, and fitter. (see picture 9, the one in the middle is bosun).
(see picture 10, fitter). They all received Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you spirit. (Phm. 25)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, November 21, 2009

11/15/09 - 11/21/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 11/15/09 - 11/21/09

Grace, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. (Tit. 1:4)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
8 ships on Monday:
LAPIS ARROW, TRADEWIND UNION, UAL CAPETOWN, and
DESERT ORCHID - Filipino, and Bulgarian; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino,
Russian, and Romanian; Filipino, Myanmar, and Indonesian. We were on the second ship last Mar. There was no Indian Christian on board, but all
receptive.
BBC ANGLIA, SAFMARINE HOUSTON, UAL COBURG, and
MERSINI - All Russian; Russian, and Estonian; All Polish; Indian, and
Myanmar. We were on the second ship a year ago. It was different nationality
of the crew. We visited the third ship last Jun. There were three Christians on
the last ship, two Indians, second cook and general steward; one Myanmar
able seaman. (see picture 1 for the Indian and Myanmar crew). (see picture 2
for Steven and the two Indian Christians). We shared the Gospel with them,
and watched the Jesus DVD with them,.and prayed with them.
8 ships on Tuesday:
SICHEM DEFIANCE, VICTORIA KOSAN, RICKMERS JAKARTA,
and AIGRAN D. and FLOYEN - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and two
Chinese; Filipino, and Italian; Myanmar and two Filipino. We visited the first
ship last Sep., the third ship last Jun., the fourth ship and the last ship both over
two years ago. No Myanmar Christian on the last ship. (see picture 3 for one
Chinese and I on the third ship). All receptive. Prayed with them and blessed
the ships.
AJAX, TIMASHEVSK, and PANAM ATLANTICO - All Russian; All
Russian; Croatian, Russian, and Myanmar. All responsive. We visited the first
ship last Aug., the last ship last Oct. No Myanmar Christian. Prayed with the
Buddhists on the last ship.
4 ships on Thursday:
AMBA BHARGAVI, BUNGA KANTAN TIGA, NAVIG8 STEALTH, and KANG CHENG - All Indian; All Indian; All Indian; All Chinese. We were on

the third ship over a year ago. There were two Christians on board this time,

the chief engineer and a junior engineer. (see picture 4, the one in the middle is the junior engineer). There were two Christians on the second ship, the third

mate and a motorman. (see picture 5, the second from the right is the

motorman). He wanted me to pray for them, so I did. After wards he said he

was so happy. He had a special prayer request that was to pray for his family.

He has a brother who also to be a seaman. (see picture 6 for the Chinese

crew, we prayed the salvation prayer together.) Took one oiler to Wal Mart. 1 ship on Friday:

TAIXING - All Chinese. We were on this ship a year ago. All the crew has
been changed. We had a very nice and smooth evangelized conversation with
the captain. His reaction was positive. We also prayed with the chief cook, for
him and his family.
Pastor Iming Huang from WHCC helped me greatly on the visitation today.
4 ships on Saturday:
CHEROKEE PRINCESS, MERCHANT, CLIPPER FAITH, and
MINANUR CEBI - All Filipino; Filipino, and Polish; All Ukrainian; All Turkish. We visited the first ship, and the third ship last Jan., the last ship last Aug. They
received the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs joyfully. (see picture 7 for some
Turkish crew and us). (see picture 8 for the group from HCC).
Yingdao Lu, Xianyun Wu, Mr. Xia, Mr Young, and Mr. Deng from HCC came
and joined the visitation team together today.

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

Saturday, November 14, 2009

11/08/09 - 11/14/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 11/08/09 - 11/14/09

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (2Ti. 1:2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
3 ships on Monday:
BUNGA KELANA SATU, PAC ANTARES, and PRABHU GOPAL -
Filipino, Indian, Chinese, Myanmar, and Russian; Filipino, one from Singapore,
and Chinese; All Indian. We visited the first ship over a year ago. There were
two Indian Christians on board ship, two able seamen. (see picture 1
for the Filipino and Chinese crew). We shared the Gospel with them, answered
their questions and prayed with them. We were on the second ship last Jan.
One Chinese Christian, the general steward on board. He was the one Pastor
Jonathan Chiu baptized on another ship last year . He called my name when
he first saw me this time. As we went through the Bible, he told me he led his
parents and his grand mother to Christ this year. (see picture 2, the G.S.,
captain and I). We also shared the Gospel with the second engineer. He agreed
to ask Jesus to come into his heart to be his best friend. He got baptized
finally. There was no Christian on the last ship. It's a little unusual. We blessed
the ship.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and ministered to the Chinese seamen today.
4 ships on Tuesday:
CHEMBULK YOKOHAMA, FREJA SPRING, OCEAN MARINER, and
GENCO WARRIOR - Myanmar and Filipino captain; Indian, and one Russian;
Filipino, and Romanian captain; All Chinese. We visited the third ship last Jan.
We were on the first ship last Jan., and the last ship last Feb. (see picture 3 for
chief cook, general steward on the second ship). There were six Indian
Christians on board, chief cook, general steward, fitter, motorman, and two
able seamen. Prayed with the Buddhists on the first ship, the Hindus, Christians
on the second ship. They were all receptive. (see picture 4 for the Chinese
crew on the last ship). Prayed with them, watching the Jesus DVD with them,
and took two seamen, chief mate, and an A.B. to Best Buy.
5 ships on Wednesday:
AMARANTHA, HARVEST LEGEND, CHEMSTAR KING, CHEM
TAURUS, and GHETTY BOTTIGLIERI - All Filipino; Filipino, and Greek;
Filipino, and Korean; Myanmar, Croatian, Filipino, and Russian; All Indian.
We were on the fourth and the last ship both last Aug. There was only one
Christian on the Indian ship, bosun. (see picture 5 with fitter and I). Fitter is a Hindu. We had a conversation about half an hour, and I led him to pray the
salvation prayer.
5 ships on Thursday:
SONGA RUBY, MTM FAIRFIELD, SPRING VIRGO, SINBAD, and

URSULA - All Filipino; All Myanmar; Myanmar, Indonesian, and Korean;

All Indian. We visited the first ship last Aug. There was one Myanmar Christian

on third ship. (see picture 6, the chief cook and the Christian able seaman).

There were two Christians on the last ship, second mate, they called him Jesus

man, (see picture 7 the second mate and I), and a cadet. I prayed with the

Jesus man and some other Hindus. They were all very responsive.

3 ships on Friday:

NORD SWAN, BOW KISO, and HEGREN - Danish, and Filipino; Indian,
and Myanmar; All Indian. They were two Indian Christians on the second
ship, an ordinary seaman and a cadet. There were two Christians on the last
ship, an ordinary seaman and an able seaman. (see picture 8 to the right is the
able seaman, the one to the left is a Muslim). I prayed with this Muslim and
another Muslim. I also prayed with two Hindus. They were all receptive.
3 ships on Saturday:
MOUNT HOPE, MARCELA LADY, and EVEREST - Filipino, and Polish;
Filipino, and Russian; All Ukrainian. We visited the first ship over a year ago,
and the second ship last May. They received the Scriptures and the Jesus
DVDs.
Weibin Lu from WHCC came and helped the visitation a great deal.

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. (2Ti. 4:22)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, November 7, 2009

11/01/09 - 11/07/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 11/01/09 - 10/02/09

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (1Ti. 1:2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
SICHEM MONTREAL, STOLT INSPIRATION, FAIRCHEM MUSTANG,
and NAVIG8 SPIRIT - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; All Indian;
All Indian. We visited the first ship (see picture 1) and went on the last ship both
over a year ago. There were four Christians on the third ship, captain, two able
seamen, and a cadet. (see picture 2 for the Indian crew). We prayed and
blessed each one of them. Some of them crazy for the phone card we brought,
some of them longing for God's Word. There were four Christians on the last
ship, chief cook, chief engineer, third engineer, and third officer. (see picture 3
for the chief cook, chief engineer, and I). They were watching the entire Jesus
DVD in the mess room even after we left. We went to the third engineer's
cabin and prayed with him. All four Christians are from Goa.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and volunteered for the ministry today.
11 ships on Tuesday:
ATLANTIC TREASURE, BOW CENTURY, BBC ARAMIS, NORD
SNOW QUEEN, BU SIDRA, IKAN VERACRUZ, and MATTHEOS I -
All Filipino; Filipino, and three Norwegian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and
Danish; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, and Chinese; Filipino, two Ukrainian,
two Spanish, and two Peruvian. We visited the third ship last Sep. We were on
the sixth ship just last month. This time was a short visit. I delivered some
current Chinese Christian newspaper to them. There was one Indian Christian
on the fifth ship, the captain. I told him "I heard you are a Christian," when I
first met him. He said to me in front of everybody with a loud voice, "Yes, I am
a Christian." I was very proud of him. (see picture 4 for captain and I). (see
picture 5 for a couple of Filipino Christians, chief cook, his wife, and I). We
prayed together for the typhoon in Philippine and the crew on this ship.
AROSA, BBC SVENDBORG, BBC BALTIC, and UAL RODACH - All
Ukrainian; Russian, and Ukrainian; Russian, and Ukrainian; All Polish. All
responsive, blessed their crew.
3 ships on Thursday:
IKAN SELANGAT, NORGAS TRAVELLER, and EASTERN GARCE -
Three Filipino, and Chinese; Spanish captain, Russian, Filipino, and one
Chinese; All Chinese. We were on the first ship last Jun. Prayed the salvation
prayer with four of them. I was on the second ship last Sep. I met the only
Chinese motorman on board again. I updated him some Chinese Christian
newspaper and prayed with him. We were on the last ship last Jun. There was
one Christian on board. Some of them knew me. (see picture 6 with the captain
sitting on the front left, holding a Bible). I prayed with them, they all receptive.
(see picture 7 with the chief cook on the front left). I also prayed the salvation
prayer with them. Took two seamen to the International Seafarers Center.
6 ships on Friday:
SMOLYAN, ROSBORG, VALERIE, and WIENIAWSKI - All Bulgarian;
Bulgarian, and Russian; Filipino, Russian, and Belgian; All Polish. We visited
the first ship last Apr., the second ship last Aug., the third ship last Jun. (see
picture 8 for the two Filipino seamen I took to the seafarer center). We visited
the last ship last Jul. All receptive. They all received the Scriptures, and Jesus
DVDs.
FPMC 20, and CHANG HANG TAN SUO - All Chinese; All Chinese. The
first ship was a brand new, less than two months old ship A motorman invited
me to his cabin and made a special tea for me. I asked him a few questions and
invited him to pray the salvation prayer with me. He did, and accepted Jesus
in his heart. We were on the second ship last Jul. Like last time, I was rejected
to go inside the ship. I could only gave a few people some Christian newspaper
and Christian magazine. However, they let me bless the crew and the ship.

We’re living in the terminal generation of Christ’s return, Luke 21:32-33; Matt. 24:14

1. Rebirth of Israel on May 15, 1948. Isa. 66:8

2. After the 6 day war in Israel, June, 1967, Jerusalem became Israel’s

undivided capital. Ps. 122:6-9

3. God watches over Israel from extermination. Ps. 121

4. God’s covenant with Israel is everlasting. Ps. 105:8-15

5. God is drawing Israelis and Jews in the Diaspora home. Ezekiel 37:11-14

6. After 2,000 years Hebrew has become the revived living language of

Israel. Zeph. 3:9

7. Great numbers of Ethiopians and Indians from the Ten Lost Tribes now

returning to Israel. Zeph. 3:10

8. Increase in knowledge and rapid travel. Daniel 12:3-4

9. Chemical and thermonuclear warfare. Zech. 14:12; 2 Pet. 3:10

10. Scoffers abound in the last days. 2 Pet. 3:3-4

11. People are easily deceived. Matt. 24:4-5, 9-13, 24, 26-28; Rev. 12:9-13

12. Demonic worldwide new age and secular humanism. 2 Tim. 3:1-5

13. People are terrorized and in distress. Luke 21:8-11, 23-24

14. Mass media (TV, computer genetics, internet, cell and I pod phones,

global wars, brain wave medical technology, etc.) Ps. 19:4; Ps. 147:15

15. One world government. Rev. 13:14-15

16. One world economy. Rev. 13:16-17

17. One world religion. Rev. 13:4, 18

18. Earthquakes, famines, and pestilences. Luke 21:10-11

19. Sudden destruction on the world. 1 Thes. 5:3

Be sure to read and study the Bible verses relating to each of these prophetic statements. Learn Biblical prophecy which is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. 2 Tim. 3:16-17.

25% of God’s Word is prophecy. Thank the Lord for His Word and by faith live victoriously with Jesus as the center of your life.

As it was in the days of Noah, so be ready and watchful. Matt. 24:37-44. Believe expectantly for Christ’s imminent return and passionately be a soul winner beginning with your family.

WARNING: If you are left behind, DON’T take the mark of the beast. Rev. 13.

We love you and hope to see you in heaven. Maranatha!

Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Cell: 832-221-5394 Cell: 713-530-2169


Grace be with you. (1Ti. 6:21)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, October 31, 2009

10/25/09 - 10/31/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/25/09 - 10/31/09

Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Th. 1:2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
2 ships on Monday:
ZEBRA WIND, and STOLT VIKING - All Filipino; All Indian, except one
Filipino. There were total four Christians on the second ship, three Indian, fitter,
motorman, and bosun; and a Filipino fitter. (see picture 1 for the Indian fitter
and I). We prayed and had a good fellowship together. His name is Jose
Fernandos.
7 ships on Tuesday:
COSMOS VENTURE, INDUSTRIAL CENTURY, SONGA NOR, and
IKAN PROGRESO - Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, and one Russian; Filipino,
and two Polish; Filipino, and Chinese. We visited the first ship last Sep., the
second ship last Nov. We were on the last ship last Nov. (see picture 2 & 3 for
some of the Chinese crew on the last ship). Prayed with them, gave them the
Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and Gospel materials. (see picture 4 for some of the
Filipino crew on the third ship). Prayed with them, gave them the materials, and
blessed the crew.
VANESSA C, NORDANA MONIKA, and CLIPPER LEADER - Romanian,
Indian, and African; All Thai; All Russian. We visited the first ship a year ago, the
second ship last May, and the last ship over two years ago. All responsive.
2 ships on Wednesday:
FORMOSA THIRTEEN, and OMODOS - All Chinese; Korean captain, two
Myanmar, and Indian. We were on the first ship eighteen days ago. Captain,
chief engineer, and chief mate, all recognized me. Prayed with a new cadet and
left him with with the Scripture and Jesus movie. (see picture 5 for the happy
faces of the Indian crew on the second ship). Prayed with them, blessed them
and their families.
5 ships on Thursday:
SIFNOS SUN, FOX MAIDEN, KAROLINE N, BALTIC MARSHALL,
and TAI BAI HAI - All Filipino; All Filipino; Indian, and Filipino; Russian, and
Lithuania; All Chinese. We visited the first ship over two years ago, and we
were on the third ship last Sep. They all knew my face from the previous visit,
this time they wanted to know my name. I prayed with two new seamen, they
all receptive. When I got on the Chinese ship, they were about to sail. Then the
pilot came on board. Thank the Lord, I was still able to talk to the commissar
and prayed with him with the salvation prayer. I also prayed the salvation prayer
with another ordinary seaman.before I left.
3 ships on Friday:
STOLT HILL, MARYLEBONE, and SANAGA - All Filipino; Indian, and
two Filipino; All Chinese. We visited the first ship last Mar. the second ship
over two years ago. (see picture 6 for three Indians watching the Jesus DVD
on the second ship). There were four Indian Christians on this ship, chief
officer, third officer, bosun, and electrician, plus two Filipino Christians, second
engineer, and third engineer. Bosun and I prayed with the Hindus, Blessed
them and their families. We were on the last ship last Apr. There was one
Christian on board, the chief mate. He knew me from the previous visit. He is
signing off for home tomorrow, just finishing his eight months contract. We had
a nice chat. They received the Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs.

One of our ministry board members is promoting Lifeline to Seamen ministry via his 5K road run activity last Saturday. Please click on the link and contribute as God moves you. http://www.active.com/donate/tonychao

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. (2Th. 3:18)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, October 24, 2009

10/18/09 - 10/24/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/18/09 - 10/24/09

Grace and peace to you. (1Th. 1:1)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
2 ships on Sunday:
FORMOSA ELEVEN, and KEW BRIDGE - All Chinese; Filipino, and one
Venezuelan. We were on the first ship last Jun. Only five seamen I didn't meet
before. Many seekers on board. One of them is the 75Th descendant of
Confucius. He was a young cadet and very interested in Christianity. I led him
and two others to pray the salvation prayer. They all receptive.
3 ships on Monday:
SICHEM HONG KONG, FR8 ENDURANCE, and DARYA MAHESH - All
All Indian; All Indian; Indian, and two Myanmar. We were on the second ship
last Jul. There were one Christian on the first ship, chief cook. (see picture 1 for
some of the crew). There were two Christians on the second ship, chief cook
and second cook. There were five Christians on the last ship, two able seamen,
chief officer, third engineer, and assistant seaman. (see picture 2 for some of
the crew). We prayed with the Christians and Hindus. The Hindus liked the
N.T. of their own language. We gave them and told them to read it and not to
waste it. They said they will.
Steven Chao from WHCC came for the ship visitation. He really helped me
today.
4 ships on Tuesday:
FULL SPRING, ACTION, OKTEM AKSOY, and BEFFEN - All Chinese;
All Turkish; All Turkish; All Indian. There were three Christians on the last ship,
chief cook and two able seamen. All ships were receptive. (see picture 3 for
some of the crew on the Chinese ship). Prayed with them, gave them the
Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. They loved the picture I took for them. They even
wanted a copy right then, but their computer on the ship couldn't take my
camera's chip. See, how precious this picture is.
5 ships on Friday:
CLIPPER DAISY, STENA CONCORD, STOLT SWAZI, RICKMERS
ANTWERP, and LIAN XING HU - All Indian; Indian, and Filipino; Indian,
Myanmar, and Bengalese; Polish, Romanian, Filipino, and Chinese; All Chinese.
We visited the second ship over a year ago. (see picture 4 for Payton, Indian
chief officer and Filipino able seaman). There was one Indian chief officer
Christian on this ship. We were on the fourth ship last Jun., and the last ship
over a year ago. All receptive. (see picture 5 for some of the crew on the last
ship). They were very delight to receive the Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs. They
wanted to give them to their child, their spouse, their relative, and their friend.
There were two Christians on the first ship, fitter and a motorman. (see picture
6 for some of the crew). Prayed with the Hindus.
Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the visitation a lot.

One of our ministry board members is promoting Lifeline to Seamen ministry via his 5K road run activity on this coming Saturday. Please click on the link and contribute as God moves you. If the link doesn't click here, you can copy the link to Internet Explorer and activate it.
http://www.active.com/donate/tonychao

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1Th. 5:28)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, October 17, 2009

10/10/09 - 10/17/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/10/09 - 10/17/09

Grace and peace to you from God our Father. (Col. 1:2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

2 ships on last Saturday:
FORMOSA THIRTEEN, and IKAN VERACRUZ - All Chinese; Chinese,
and Filipino. (see picture 1 for some of the crew on the first ship). I prayed
and shared the Gospel with them. Many of them were shy, but I encouraged
them to receive the Lord. ships visited this week
5 ships on Monday:
ST. ANDREW, BBC HOLLAND, BBC RIO GRANDE, LACANDON,
and MANDARIN GLORY - All Russian; Russian, and Ukrainian; Russian, and
Filipino; All Indian; All Chinese. We visited the second ship over two years ago,
We were on the fourth ship last Mar. All responsive. There were three Christians
on the fourth ship, two able seamen, and electrician. (see picture 2 for some of
the crew). (see picture 3 for part of the crew on the last ship). Prayed with them.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation today.
4 ships on Tuesday:
COS FAIR, CLIPPER HARMONY, TORM CECILIE, and SPT
CHAMPION - All Chinese; Chinese, and Indian; All Indian; All Indian. We
were on the third ship over two years ago, the last ship last May. There were
two Chinese Christians on the first ship, chief cook and the second officer. (see
picture 4 for both). It's so good to prayed with both of them. All chief cook's
family are Christians. Isn't it exciting? (see picture 5 for other crew members of
this Chinese ship). Prayed with them also. There were two Christians on the
third ship, the second officer and an able seaman. (see picture 6 for some of the
crew). There were four Christians on the last ship, the second engineer, fitter,
motorman, and electrician. Prayed with the Hindus and gave them the Scriptures
and Jesus DVDs.
5 ships on Wednesday:
JIU HUA HAI, CLIPPER HARMONY, RONALD N, LEOPOLD STAFF,
and ALGOA BAY - All Chinese; Indian, and Chinese; Indian, and Filipino; All
Polish; Polish, and Myanmar. We were on the first ship last Jan. I had a good
talk, not very long, with the captain. His faith was not strong, yet he received the
Lord. (see picture 7 & 8 for another group). We prayed together. A revisited on
the second ship from yesterday. We were on the third ship over two years ago.
One Indian Christian on board, a cadet. We visited the fourth ship and the last
ship both in last Jun. All receptive.
6 ships on Thursday:
STAR EVVIVA, OCEAN FRIEND, GRIFFON, GLOBAL OCEAN, JBU
MAAS, and IBN KHALDOUN - All Filipino; Indian, and Filipino; Indian,
and Filipino; Indian, and one Filipino; All Indian; All Algerian. We visited the
first ship last Aug. We were on the fifth ship last Aug., and the last ship over a
year ago. There were two Christians on the fifth ship, two able seamen. (see
picture 9 for some of the crew). Prayed with them including the Hindus. There
were four Indian Christians on the fourth ship, general Steward, oiler, fitter, and
captain. I took the captain and the chief engineer to Wal Mart. (see picture 10).
Chief engineer was a Buddhist. He said he also went to church. We prayed in
the car.
7 ships on Friday:
DEL SOL, BBC MAINE, CHEM SEA, and SCHACKENBORG - Filipino,
and two Korean; Filipino, Russian, German, and Indian; Indian, and two
Russian; Russian, and Polish. We visited the first ship last Jul., the second ship
and the last ship about two years ago. All receptive. We were on the third ship
last May. There were six Indian Christians on board, captain, third engineer,
fitter, motorman, an able seaman, and a cadet. (see picture 11 for some of the
crew). They were so happy to receive the Scriptures, Jesus DVDs of their own
languages and watch them.
JOP, CABO PILAR, and YASA SEYHAN - All Romanian; All Chilian; All
Turkish. All responsive. (see picture 12 for some of the crew on the last ship).
1 ship on Saturday:
LIAN PING HU - All Chinese. They came like flood to ask for Scripture and
Gospel materials. Although the commissar was a kind of ignoring the things I
gave to them, some others showed their appreciation. They raised questions
like who was Jesus? What did He do? Why do they need another religion other
than Buddhism? I tried to explain to them according to the Scripture, and took a
chance to pray with them. Some of them were willing to receive Jesus into their
hearts. (see picture 13 for three of the crew).

Your prayers are being answered in so many ways. In the last email we asked you to pray for more inbound Chinese vessels. This week 5 ships arrived carrying more than 100 seamen. Thomas and his coworkers had amazing visits setting them
free with the Gospel presentation. He has written about his testimonies. Another answer was that more than the usual number of ships came to the port. There was much ministry accomplished. Another answer to pray was our successful board meeting. We spent 3 hours discussing ways God is leading us to fulfill the Great Commission. We thank the
Lord for His provisions. One is personnel which Thomas, our full time chaplain, is doing the work of an energetic evangelist. He is lifting up Jesus around the world. Another is the way God is providing our finances. We spent much time finalizing our budget for next year. We're shooting high expecting a great harvest of souls. Thank you for your sacrificial giving on behalf of the the seamen and their
families who benefit from your generosity. We're grateful for your commitment. Please send your love gift to Rose, our dear sister and treasurer at this address. Att: Rose Young
West Houston Chinese Church
c/o Lifeline to Seamen Inc.
10638 Hammerly Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77043

God richly bless you. Maranatha!

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.
Grace be with you. (Col. 4:18)

Friday, October 9, 2009

10/04/09 - 10/10/09

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

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Php. 1:2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
8 ships on Monday:
JO ASK, PROCYON LEADER, DRESDEN, DOVE, MAHANADI SPIRIT,
and BERNORA - All Filipino; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, and Polish; Polish and Indian; All Indian. We visited the first ship last Mar., and
the third ship last Aug. We were on the fifth ship last month and the last ship
last Jun. All responsive. There were five Christians on the fifth ship, chief cook,
second cook, second officer, third engineer, and a motorman. (see picture 1 of
the crew). There were three Christians on the last ship, bosun, motorman, and
the captain. Prayed with them and blessed the ships.
CHEMBULK GIBRALTAR, and CHEMBULK SAVANNAH - Myanmar,
and Latvian; Myanmar, Georgian, and British. Prayed with the Buddhists and
blessed the crew.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation a lot.
5 ships on Tuesday:
SOLENT, UAL ANGOLA, ATLANTIC HOPE, CHEMBULK KINGS
POINT, and SEA FLOURISH - All Polish; All Polish; All Russian; All
Myanmar; All Chinese. We visited the second ship last year, the third ship last
Jun., the last ship over a year ago. I had a very nice talk with the captain on the Chinese ship. He was very open. He even admitted that Jesus is in our hearts
when we just started the conversation. I pointed out Jesus' deity to him and
explained what Jesus did for us. He accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior and
we prayed the salvation prayer at the end. (see picture 2 for the Chinese crew).
(and see picture 3 for the Myanmar crew on the fourth ship).
1 ship on Wednesday:
IKAN ALTAMIRA - Filipino, and Mainly Chinese. We were on this ship last
month. Only delivered the most recent monthly Christian Chinese newspaper to
the Chinese seafarers and gave the English Holy Bible and Jesus DVD to the
Filipino. It was a good preparation work for the Evangelism. Took the chief
officer from the gate to the ship and from the ship to the gate to get their crew
list so six of them can go ashore for shopping.
The seamen showed me that I and a flat tire. And they helped me to put on the
spare. Then I went to Discount Tire to replace a new one. It only cost me
$10.50.
5 ships on Thursday:
RHEINGAS, ATLANTIC AQUARIUS, PANAM ATLANTICO, AFRICAN
LARK, and NAZLI G - German, and Filipino; Indian, and Filipino; Croatian,
Russian, and Myanmar; All Ukrainian; All Turkish. We were on the second ship
just over a week ago. There was only one Indian Christian on board, the
general Steward. (see picture 4 for some of the crew). We visited the third ship
last Aug., the fourth ship last May, and the last ship over two years ago.

We are experiencing a worldwide recession. It's effecting every segment of life. Change is rapidly happening and no one knows which way to turn. The dollar is
being dissolved, our debt is out of control, and big government is headed toward socialism. The stage is being set for a one world government and economy. Possibly the final piece of puzzle is being put into place before the eminent return of Jesus. Recession is affecting the Port of Houston as never before. We received an
email which reads, "Always a pleasure and blessing to talk with you. I've heard from my sources that the turning basins (main docks) ship calls are down about 40 percent. The private terminals are down over 50 percent of the normal ship calls. However, I understand most chemical, gas and crude biz remains quite steady. Most expect the
biz to start to return to normal near the end of this year, but taking most of next year
to return to any type of what we call normal ship calls. Prayer and faith will win in the end." In His name, Jay Willows, Trinity Shipping. Here are some statistics to support what Jay is saying. Today, Oct. 8, is a brief list of the type of vessels in port. There are approximately 27 oil, chemical, gas
tankers and 4 container vessels. The rest are 11 cargo and bulk carriers, most of
them small. Pray for more Chinese ships to come for us to evangelize. Since July 1, only 27 Chinese vessels arrived and 14 ships with a few Chinese on board. This is
the fewest number coming to the port that we can remember. However, there are
still many western, eastern, Filipinos and Indians arriving. Please become involved
by praying, participating with your help, encouragement, and financial support. Please send your love gift to Rose, our dear sister and treasurer at this address. Att: Rose Young
West Houston Chinese Church
c/o Lifeline to Seamen Inc.
10638 Hammerly Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77043

God richly bless you. Maranatha!

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Php. 4:23)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Sunday, October 4, 2009

09/27/09 - 10/03/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 09/27/09 - 10/03/09

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 1:2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
6 ships on Monday:
TORM ANNE, PLATYTERA, JO SYPRESS, NEVESKA LADY, UAL ROTTERDAM, and CHAMPION TRADER - All Filipino; Filipino, and
three Ukrainian; Filipino, and Dutch; Filipino, Russian, and one Indian; All
Polish; All Indian. We visited the third and fourth ship over two years ago, the
fifth ship last Jun. All receptive. There were seven Christians on the last ship,
general steward, bosun, electrician, motorman, pump man, engine cadet, and an
able seaman. The electrician was a fine Christian. He asked us to pray for his
three sons. Prayed with them and the Hindus. (see picture 1 for the crew,
picture 2 for the electrician).
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation a great deal.
7 ships on Tuesday:
MARGUERITE, SKY ANGEL, and EAST POINT - All Filipino; All Filipino;
Filipino, and Italian. We visited the second ship last Apr. We were on the last
ship last Jul. The Italian captain still remembered me. He was very appreciate
about the Italian New Testament I gave to him this time. The second officer was
a Filipino lady Christian. She was very hospitable to me. Prayed for them and
blessed the ships
TULA, HISTRIA PRINCE, CHEM LEO, and JBU SCHELDE - All Mexican;
All Romanian; Indian, Russian, and Turkish; All Indian. We visited the third ship
last Jul. We were on the last ship last May. There were two Christians on board,
chief cook, and an able seaman. As I was distributing the Scriptures, one
seaman rushed to me and asked, are you the one giving away the Christian
materials? I need one. He was not a Christian but he told me he believed in
Jesus. I gave him a Jesus DVD, some Gospel materials, prayed with him and
two other Christians. Praised the Lord, we can always find some seekers and
helped them to get closer to the Lord. (see picture 3 for the 2 Christians, and
picture 4 for the bunch).
7 ships on Wednesday:
ATLANTIC AQUARIUS, S. PACIFIC, APOSTOLOS II, PACIFIC
MAKASSAR, LARA, SCM ATHINA, and ATLANTIC LILY - Indian, and
one Filipino; Russian, and Filipino; Romanian, Montenegro, and Filipino; British,
Indian, Chinese, and Filipino; All Russian; All Russian; All Indian. We visited
the fifth ship over two years ago, and the sixth ship last Aug. We were on the
fourth ship last Apr. Prayed with five Chinese and took all of them to seafarer's
center. Then I took two of them to Best Buy to buy computer. There were two
Indian Christians on the first ship, general steward and a motorman. There was
one Christian on the last ship, chief officer. (see picture 5, the one to the left of
me in the front line is he, see picture 6 for the other group). Prayed with them
and blessed the ship.
3 ships on Thursday:
CHEMSTAR VENUS, ERNEST N, and AZZURA - Korean, and Filipino;
Indian, and Filipino; All Chinese. We were on the last ship last Dec. The
captain is a believer. He recited the Lord's prayer for us. We prayed in the
navigation bridge. We also prayed in the mess room with the crew. (see picture
7). (see picture 8 with the crew on the second ship).
Hui Yong Wang from WHCC came and helped ships visitation today.
4 ships on Friday:
MAGNUM ENERGY, MILLENNIUM FALCON, INCE MARMARA, and
BOSPHORUS QUEEN - Ukrainian, and Filipino; Korean, Japanese, and
Filipino; All Turkish; All Turkish. We visited the second ship last May. The two
Turkish ships were not that receptive, only some still like the Scripture and
Jesus DVD I gave to them. (see picture 9 on the third ship).
Payton Huang from WHCC came and volunteered for the ship visitation with
me.
2 ships on Saturday:
FORMOSA TEN, and STOLT VANGUARD - All Chinese; All Indian. We
were on the first ship last Jun. I shared the Gospel with them, the chief cook
was willing to receive eternity, the gift from God, into his life. (see
picture 10 for half of the crew). The captain of the Indian ship is a Christian. I
gave him a Tamil New Testament and blessed the ship..

July-September is the third quarterly report of God's work in the seamen's ministry. Your provisions are sustaining His work. Thank you for your monthly
support allowing Thomas to be our full time chaplain. He is a devoted and faithful
man of God doing the word of an evangelist. Another provision among many is supplying us the necessary Bibles, DVDs, CDs and Christian literature to proclaim God's Word. Your love offerings are assisting us to fulfill the Great Commission. Paul assents this truth in 2 Corinthians 9:12-13, "This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.....praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession
of the Gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing." We're not in debt and consider ourselves responsible for your faithful contributions. Following is the
statistics of the last quarter in this awesome ministry. Number of ships visited: 337 Number of Scriptures give out: English: 310 Indian: 160 Chinese: 400 Tagalog: 40 Russian: 120 Myanmar: 35 Spanish: 35 Number of seafarers visited: Indian: 450 Chinese: 420 Filipino: 350 Russian: 200 Myanmar: 150 Polish: 40 Turkish: 50 Number of Jesus DVDs delivered: 1,200 Number of Christian music CDs delivered: 600 Thank you for your prayers. Please send your love gift to Rose, our dear sister and treasurer at this address. Att: Rose Young
West Houston Chinese Church
c/o Lifeline to Seamen Inc.
10638 Hammerly Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77043

God richly bless you. Maranatha!

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.

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

Saturday, September 26, 2009

09/20/09 - 09/26/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 09/20/09 - 09/26/09

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Gal. 1:3)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
12 ships on Monday:
UBC SACRAMENTO, SICHEM DEFIANCE, WLADYSLAW ORKAN,
GASCHEM TANA, ANNEGRET, and MANUELA - All Filipino; Filipino,
and Indian; Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, and German; Filipino, and German;
Filipino, and Russian. We visited the first and second ship over two years ago,
the third ship last May. All receptive. Prayed with the Filipino. (see picture 1
for the crew on the first ship).
GAS DIANA, SKANDERBORG, HAFENTOR, SEABOARD FLORIDA,
BBC OSTFRIESLAND, and EMIRATES STAR - Japanese, Indian, and
Filipino; Polish, Romanian, and Filipino; Jamaican, Russian, and Filipino;
Venezuelan, Polish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Filipino; Montenegro, Ghanaian,
Sri Lanka, Polish, Ukrainian, and Filipino; Bangladesh, Indonesian, and Indian.
We visited the first ship last Feb., the fifth ship about two and half years ago. All
responsive. Prayed with them and blessed the crew. (see picture 2 for the crew
on the fourth ship).
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation a great deal.
9 ships on Tuesday:
SPEEDWELL, STOLT SEA, GENMAR ELEKTRA, VELOPOULA, and
GENMAR AGAMEMNON - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and
Indian; Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, Indian, Russian, and Portuguese. We
visited the second ship and the last ship over a year ago. There was one Indian
Christian on the third ship, the first engineer. They were generally receptive.
Prayed with them and blessed the ships
CARIAD, GOLDEN MIA, EAGLE ALBANY, and MARGARITA - All
Korean; Korean, three Chinese, and Myanmar; Indian, and one from
Singapore; Venezuelan, and Russian. We were on the first and second ship last May. Prayed with one Chinese and one Korean on the second ship. Responsive.
5 ships on Thursday:
CHEMICAL CELESTE, CHEMICAL SUPPLIER, CHEM STAR, ONEGO
TRADER, and ANARITA - All Indian; All Indian; Indian, and one Russian;
Polish and Filipino; All Ukrainian.. We were on the first ship last Jun., the
second last Mar. the third ship last Apr. There were three Christians on the first
ship, an able seaman, a cadet, and chief cook. There were two Christians
on the second ship, chief cook, and pump man. (see picture 3 for some of the
crew). There were four Christians on the third ship, electrician, third engineer,
fourth engineer, and a motor man. (see picture 4) for the Christians and Hindus.
Prayed with them, blessed the crew and their families.
6 ships on Friday:
NORD SPIRIT, STOLT SEA, PAC DUBHE, BBC PLATA, NORGAS
TRAVELLER, and BERGE NANTONG - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian;
Filipino, and Chinese; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, Russian, and one Chinese;
All Indian. We visited the first ship and the second ship about a year ago. We
were on the third ship last Jun., the fifth ship last Jul., and the last ship over two
years ago. There were three Christians on the last ship, chief cook, an able
seaman, and a motorman.
The only one Chinese seaman on the fifth ship was a motorman. He knew me
from the last visit. He told me he has one more month to go for his contract on
this ship. That shows how eagerly he wants to go home especially on this
environment which everyone is a foreigner to him.
(see picture 5 for the third ship - Chinese and Filipino crew). The Filipino
seamen were very excited to take the picture. They said to each other that their
faces are going to be posted. I told them yes. Before I left the ship, I gave one
Chinese ordinary seaman a simple plastic cross necklace showing my gratitude. I
was so thrilled because he put it on his neck right away.

This is a continuation on personal evangelism. We can learn from Jesus on our public profession of faith. Luke relates a very interesting story in chapter 5 verses
1-11 on soul winning. Jesus was in a boat on the Sea of Galilee teaching a crowd of people around Him. They were intently listening to the Word of God. Then He
taught His disciples to practice by example, after catching a large number of fish that their nets began to break. In verses 10-11 Jesus said to Peter, "Don't be afraid; from now on you'll be fishers of men." So the disciples pulled the boat on shore, left everything and followed the Messiah. Jesus reveals Himself to us as our personal Savior. As fishers of men and women. We share God's love with those we contact. I'll tell a story about a heavenly taxi driver as he is well known in Pusan, South Korea. He would share Jesus with all
of his customers. To his amazement, many were receptive and some were saved. There are seafarers who diligently share their faith on their ship. They are like a family on board, everyone knowing everybody else. Some have a weekly Bible study, and we equip them with needed Bibles, study materials, DVDs and CDs. Many are worldwide missionaries. We're living in astonishing times. Don't fear the future. Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart. The coming turmoil will unravel many opportunities for us to share
the Gospel. Be ready to give your faith and hope with those who need Christ. We still have time to reap a great harvest of souls. Here is a revealing statistic on giving. Americans provide 45 percent of all benevolent giving worldwide even though we're only 4.5 percent of the world's population. This is far more than any other nation gives, and it's even more dramatic
on a per capital basis. For example, the average US citizen gives 14 times more to charity than the average Italian. Thank you for your prayers. Please send your love gift to Rose, our dear sister and treasurer at this address. Att: Rose Young
West Houston Chinese Church
c/o Lifeline to Seamen Inc.
10638 Hammerly Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77043

God richly bless you. Maranatha!

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. (Gal. 6:18)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, September 19, 2009

09/13/09 - 09/19/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 09/13/09 - 09/19/09

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Co. 1:2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
FORMOSA SEVEN - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Jan. A lot of
people knew me from the FORMOSA ships. I gave away all the Scripture,
Jesus DVD's, and materials I brought with me, and prayed with them. (see
picture 1 with some). Took captain, chief engineer, and a cadet to Wal Mart
shopping. (see picture 2). Captain and I chatted on the way. He said he liked
Christian songs very much. He doesn't object Jesus and Christianity. We four
prayed the salvation prayer in the car at the end of the journey. Praised the Lord.
3 ships on Monday:
HERCULES, CLIPPER SIRIUS, and BLACK SEA - Filipino, Russian, and 6
Chinese; Filipino, Polish, and Norwegian; Filipino, Indian, Romanian, and 1
Chinese. We were on the second ship last Jan, and we visited the last ship last
Jun. All receptive. Prayed with the Chinese and Filipino. Delivered the Gospel
materials.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation greatly.
6 ships on Tuesday:
STAR FRASER, GANT VISION, ANDES, COSMOS VENTURE, KOA
SPIRIT, and ELLENSBORG - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and
Greek; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, Indian, and Croatian; All Indian. We visited
the first ship last Mar., this was the twelfth time visit in the last two and half
years; the second ship last Jul., the fourth ship last Aug. We were on the last ship
last Aug. There were five Christians on board, general steward, fitter, an able
seaman, an ordinary seaman, and chief engineer. (see picture 3) for some of
them.
Prayed with them and blessed the crew.
5 ships on Thursday:
BBC ARAMIS, SEAPIKE, and BLUE JADE - All Filipino; Filipino, and Greek;
Filipino, and Korean. We visited the first ship last Nov. All responsive. Blessed
the crew and the ships.
AFRICAN FALCON, and ATLANTIC GRACE - All Indian; All Indian. There
were five Christians in each ship. Chief cook, chief officer, bosun, and two able
seaman on the first ship. Chief cook, chief officer, bosun, assistant engineer, and
an able seaman on the second ship, (see picture 4) for the Christians and Hindus.
Prayed with them and blessed their families.
11 ships on Friday:
SENTINEL II, OCEAN NOBLE, NEPTUNE LEADER, MAYA, TORM
THYRA, HAPPY ROVER, MINERVA DOXA, RICKMERS NEW
ORLEANS, GENMAR CONSTANTINE, SIGLOO POLAR, and
OVERSEAS GALENA BAY - All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Indian, and
Filipino; Danish, and Filipino; Dutch, and Filipino; Greek, Ukrainian, and Filipino;
Romanian, Ukrainian, and Filipino; Indian, Ukrainian, Portuguese, and Filipino;
All Russian; All American. We visited the first ship about two years ago, the
fourth ship last May, the ninth ship over two years ago, the tenth ship last Mar.
We were on the eighth ship last May. All receptive. Prayed and blessed the ships.
Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ship visitations a lot today.

This writing is a continuation on personal evangelism. Listening and loving others are basic ingredients to sharing Jesus and gaining their confidence. We all have a mandate to be witnesses of our Lord's death, burial and glorious resurrection. However, God has given some a calling to be His full time evangelists and missionaries. Your full time servants with Lifeline To Seamen are chosen to faithfully carry out the duties bestowed upon us. We cannot do His work alone. Your prayers, finances, encouragement and over-all help are needed for this ministry to achieve our high calling. We're living in most amazing times. Repeatedly, you've heard that Jesus is coming soon. This truth may be closer than we realize. Let's be ready and by the Holy Spirit prepare others for His eminent return. Missionerlogists are giving us startling conservative statistic. Every day some 150,000 souls are coming to faith in Christ worldwide. It's estimated for every Bible handed out, 10 to 15 souls are saved. This is the power of the Word. Thousands are becoming believers through visions and dreams unprecedented as never before. There's a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit among the Muslims. I encounter a Myanmar seaman who had a similar experience. It was a miracle this Muslim was fully convinced that he saw Jesus in his dream. More leaders are being equipped to establish churches in this age of grace. Although the world is changing so rapidly, God is still in control. The seafarers are saying that we're living in uncertain times. Fear is gripping the world. Remember 2 Timothy 1:7, "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of love, power and a sound mind." Let's live victorious lives in Christ our Savior. Thank you for standing with us in these troubled times. Please send your love gift to Rose, our dear sister and treasurer at this address. Att: Rose Young
West Houston Chinese Church
c/o Lifeline to Seamen Inc.
10638 Hammerly Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77043

God richly bless you. Maranatha!

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2Co. 13:14)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, September 12, 2009

09/06/09 - 09/12/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 09/06/09 - 09/12/09

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1Co. 1:3)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
4 ships on Tuesday:
MAHANADI SPIRIT, BERGE NINGBO, STENA CONCERT, and
IKAN ALTAMIRA - All Indian; All Indian; All Indian; Filipino, and Chinese.
We were on the second ship last Sep., the third ship last Apr. There were five
Christians on the first ship, chief cook, second cook, general steward, second
officer, and motorman. (see picture 1) for some of them. There were two
Christians on the second ship, chief cook and an ordinary seaman. There were
five Christians on the third ship, chief cook, fitter, motorman, third engineer, and
an able seaman. (see picture 2). Prayed with some of them and some Hindus.
We were on the last ship last Jul. Prayed with the captain and the Chinese
second officer, and a Chinese cadet.
4 ships on Wednesday:
CHEMBULK KOBE, CHEMSTAR YASU, STENA FR8 2, and OCEANIC
CORAL - All Myanmar, and two Filipino; Korean, and Filipino; All Indian;
Indian, and Filipino. We were on the first ship last Dec., the third ship last Apr.
We visited the last ship a little bit over a year ago. There were nine Christians on
the all Indian ship, chief cook, second cook, general steward, chief officer,
second officer, third engineer, two oilers, and an able seaman. Prayed with some
of them and some Hindus. (see picture 3 & 4). All receptive.
11 ships on Thursday:
FAABORG, ESHIPS EAGLE, ATHENS STAR, PARTHENON, SEA
LEGEND, and GENMAR DAPHNE - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino,and
Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, Egyptian, Iraqi, and
Jordanian; Filipino, Russian, Croatian, Portuguese, and Indian. We visited the
first ship last Dec., the second ship last Jan., the third and fourth ship over a year
ago, the last ship last Jun. They all responsive. Prayed with them and blessed the
ships.
ONEGO SPIRIT, ATLANTIC DIANA, and ST. PAULI - All Russian; Indian,
and two Russian; Croatian, and Myanmar. We were on the last ship last Jan.
There were five Christians; three Indian, chief cook, general steward, and an able
seaman; two Russian, chief officer, and third officer, on the second ship. (see
picture 5) for the Indian seamen. Receptive.
CHONG MING, and NEW CONSTELLATION - All Chinese; Filipino,
Indian, and Chinese. We were on the first ship fifteen days ago. This time was a
revisit, just delivered some current Chinese Christian Newspaper. We were on
second ship over two years ago. Prayed with them. (see picture 6 for some of
Chinese crew and the Filipino captain).
4 ships on Saturday:
BOW ENGINEER, STOLT VALOR, LINGE TRADER, and THOR
NEPTUNE - All Indian; All Indian, and one Russian; Ukrainian, and Filipino; All
Thai. We were on the first ship over two years ago, the second ship last Apr. We
visited the third ship fifteen days ago, and the last ship last May. There were three
Christians on the first ship, fitter, general steward, and a cadet; six Christians on
the second ship, captain, two able seamen, second officer (the only Russian), an
ordinary seaman, and the third engineer. Prayed with them and some Hindus.
(see picture 7 & 8).
Wei Bin Lu from WHCC came and helped the ship visitations a lot today.

Evangelism personalized! It's important for us to communicate the Gospel
simply and understandably. We must rely upon the Holy Spirit to take control of our words and actions. He'll lead us into all truth giving us the words to speak and guiding our footsteps. In many ways we display our lives by sharing the suffering, death,
burial, and glorious resurrection. Thank God for the cross. We exemplilify the cross by listening intently and loving as Christ loved us.
Instead of doing all the talking, we need to listen to what others are saying. By doing this we show that we're genuinely interested in them. We respect their personhood by placing them on our level. They in turn respect us as we gain their trust and honesty. Thomas and a co-worker were visiting a Chinese vessel. They were sharing Jesus
with them. At first they didn't believe. After many of their questions were answered, they put their faith in Christ their Savior. We exemplify the cross by loving others as Christ loved us. "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers." 1 John 3:16. Often our acts speak louder than words. We're available to help them in any way we can. Security is strict and many seamen
are not allowed to go ashore. We're able to take ashore some who do have a shore pass. We love them as God's children. This week Thomas reported that he visited a ship with some Russian, Indian and 5 Chinese on board. He particularly ministered to all of the Chinese and prayed with some to believe in Jesus. As he left, one
approached him asking for "Bibles, DVD, and Christian literature. They were lonely and responded to the love Thomas displayed in a tangible way. Thank you for allowing us to share the goodness of transformed lives. We're so grateful for your partnership in this global spiritual harvest. As you feel led, we invite you to have a part by contacting our treasurer, Rose Young, at this address. Att: Rose Young
West Houston Chinese Church
c/o Lifeline to Seamen Inc.
10638 Hammerly Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77043

God richly bless you. Maranatha!

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen. (1Co. 16:23,24)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, September 5, 2009

08/30/09 - 09/05/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/30/09 - 09/05/09

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (Ro. 1:7)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
5 ships on Monday:
RICKMERS DALIAN, BALTIMAR BOREAS, IKAN MANZANILLO,
NESTOS, and CHIPOLBROK SUN - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian;
Filipino, seven Chinese, and one Myanmar; Russian, and Georgian; All Chinese.
We visited the first ship over a year ago. (see picture 1 with the Chinese chief
officer, Myanmar electrician and some others). Prayed with the Myanmar
Buddhist. He liked the Jesus DVD. We were on the last ship last April. The
general steward was very nice to me. May the Lord pays him back.
4 ships on Tuesday:
KAROLINE N, OCEAN CHIE, CHEMBULK LINDY ALICE, and
OVERSEAS ORION - Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino,
Korean, and Myanmar; Filipino, Russian, Chinese, and Romanian. We were on
the first ship last Jul., the second ship last Mar. There were three Christians on
the second ship, captain, third engineer (the only Filipino), and general steward.
(see picture 2). (see picture 3 with Steven and the crew on the last ship).
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the visitation today.
4 ships on Wednesday:
STELLENBOSCH, ALANGOVA, RN MRUMANSK, and FU AN CHENG
- All Myanmar; All Turkish; All Russian; All Chinese. We were on the first ship
last Jun. There was only one Christian on board, the assistant engineer. The
second ship was a little resistant, but they still liked the Gospel materials I gave
to them. The Chinese ship was busy with the ship chandler, however, I used a
chance to pray with them and took a picture for them. (see picture 4).
2 ships on Thursday:
SONGA TOPAZ, PORT KELANG - All Filipino; All Chinese. (see picture 5
& 6 with Peter and some of the Chinese crew). We prayed with them, shared
God's Word with them and answered their questions for over two hours. We
all felt blessed by the Holy Spirit.
One of the Directors of Lifeline to Seamen Peter Ko, also representing WHCC
came and helped the ship visitation.
2 ships on Friday:
STENA FR8 1, and ETERNAL CONFIDENCE - All Indian; All Chinese. We
were on the first ship last Feb., the second ship in Jul. last year. There were five
Christians on the Indian ship, two motormen, second cook, general steward, and
the third officer. Shared God's Word with one of the motormen. Prayed with
them and some Hindus. (see picture 7). Prayed with the Chinese seamen
and watched the Jesus DVD with them. (see picture 8).

Director Peter Ko and I arrived at the ship PORT KELANG a little bit after 5:30 pm on Thursday. All crew members were just about finishing their dinner there. While most of them were still in the mess room, we gave them the Chinese Scriptures, Jesus DVD's, Gospel materials and some Christian literature. I brought a copy of everything
and went upstairs to see captain. He went ashore and the door was locked. So I left the copy to the third officer whose room is next to the captain's.
When I came back to the mess room, Peter was preaching and talking to these
three people, fitter, electrician, and an ordinary seaman. He was answering questions
about God's existence. He told them God's creation, God's friend Abraham, and the
forming of the nation Israel. I joined in the discussion, and showed them the Scripture
Ephesians 2:8,9 - For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.
First they refused to believe, but after we explained to them how God loves us,
they wanted to believe. What a drastic change we saw. We prayed together three
times. We were so glad we were there to testify their faith. (see picture 6, Peter and
the three converters).
Thank you kindly for your faithful prayers, financial support and endearing encouragement. Please send your tax deductible love gifts to our treasurer, Rose Young, at this address. Att: Rose Young
West Houston Chinese Church
c/o Lifeline to Seamen Inc.
10638 Hammerly Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77043

God richly bless you. Maranatha!

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.

To the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen. (Ro. 16:27)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, August 29, 2009

08/23/09 - 08/29/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/23/09 - 08/29/09

Grace and peace to you.

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
3 ships on Monday:
OVERSEAS SERIFOS, HAVI OCEAN, and PRIMROSE - All Filipino;
Filipino, and Russian; All Bangladesh. We visited the first ship over two weeks
ago. Gave away more Scriptures, and Jesus DVD's. Prayed with the crew. (see
picture 1; 3 with the captain, chief engineer and his wife). Took two seamen to
Seafarer Center. No Christian on the third ship, but we prayed with a Muslim
and a Buddhist.
Ying Dau Lu from HCC came and helped the visitation today.
6 ships on Tuesday:
ETAGAS, ELLENSBORG, ENRICA LEXIE, ROSBORG, and PATRIA - All
Filipino; All Indian; Indian, and Italian; Indian, Russian, and Turkish; All
Ukrainian. We just visited the first ship last Jul., the fourth ship last Apr. There
were three Christians on the second ship, fitter, ordinary seaman, and mess boy.
(see picture 3 with me and the ordinary seaman).
CHONG MING - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Dec. Some of the
crew still knew me. Prayed with them and gave out all the materials I brought.
(see picture 4 with some of them and the ship chandlers).
1 ship on Wednesday:
PORT STANLEY - Filipino, and Russian. Pastor Jonathan Chiu from EFCOH,
Steven Chao from WHCC and I went to Lake Charles to see the injured
Chinese seaman Quan Ru Pan at the Seafarer's Center there. We met the
Director Patrick Lapoint. (see picture 5). Right now Pan lives with Rev./Chaplain
Nelson Lloyd. Rev. Lloyd took three of us to visited the ship. They all receptive.
We chatted with the second cook, an able seaman and prayed with some of
them. (see picture 6 of some of the Filipino crew).
7 ships on Thursday:
CIC BRASIL, INDUSTRIAL DART, INDUSTRIAL DREAM,
INDUSTRIAL DESTINY, LINGE TRADER, ZIRKU, and NARMADA
SPIRIT - All Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino,
and Russian; Filipino, Russian, and Polish; Filipino, Russian, Palestinian,
Jordanian, and Egyptian; All Indian. We visited the second ship last Oct., the
fourth ship over a year ago. (see picture 7 with Peter and some of the crew). All
responsive. We prayed with them and blessed the crew. There were four Indian
Christians on the last ship, chief cook, one able seaman, second engineer, and
third officer. (see picture 8 with Peter and some of the crew).
Peter Ko from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation.
7 ships on Friday:
BOW HECTOR, BALTIMAR SIRIUS, SONGA RUBY, PRINSENBORG,
and SAFMARINE TEXAS - All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and
Dutch; Filipino, Ukrainian, and Bulgarian. We visited the second ship last Apr.,
the fourth ship over a year ago, and the last ship last Jun. All receptive. Prayed
with them and blessed the ships.
CLIPPER OCEANICA, and JBU MAAS - All Indian; All Indian. We were on
the first ship last Jun. There were four Christians on board, fitter, motorman, and
two cadets. Prayed with them and some Hindu and Muslim. (see picture 9).
There were six Christians on the second ship, chief cook, general steward, chief
officer, one ordinary seaman, and two able seamen. Also prayed with them and
some others. (see picture 10). One able seaman wanted me to pray for his teeth
pain, his wife and his daughter. I prayed for him particularly, and he was
relieved.
Ying Dau Lu got his escort badge today.

Evangelism is missions in action. People ask us what is our line of work. We're missionary evangelists. This is our calling. We're missionaries ministering to seafarers in Global Outreach. Seafarers come to us from all over the world. As evangelists, our missionary activity is to share with them the Gospel. We're honored to bring to them salvation in the Name of Jesus who died for us and was raised to life. Jesus lives, and by faith in Him, we have the assurance of eternal life. We endeavor to proclaim this Gospel clearly and unequivocally. This is our mandate from the Lord. This week I saw my cardiac electrophsiologist and cardiovascular MD at the Texas Heart Institute. They're experts in their fields. After taking more exams, they couldn't identify the cause of my V-tack. They adjusted my medication and we'll be in close communication. I thank God that I have a dependable Medronic pacemaker-defibulator device. Please continue to pray for me. Thomas, a boardmember and coworker, went to Lake Charles to observe their seafarer's outreach. There's a mutual cooperation and learning experience from our activities. The world is shrinking rapidly and nations are becoming more dependent on each other. Seafarers are using modern technology to network across the oceans. We chaplains are beginning to network with the seafarers and other worldwide chaplains. This is another means we're using to communicate the Gospel. A chaplain in England emailed us sending us greetings from a seaman we ministered to in Houston. The seafarers remind us of our small world. Pray for Thomas, our ministry and a Holy Spirit global revival. I believe our time is short before the return of Jesus. This should prompt us to be more involved about our Father's business. Let's make the most of the brevity of time we have left. Maranatha! Thank you kindly for your faithful prayers, financial support and endearing encouragement. Please send your tax deductible love gifts to our treasurer, Rose Young, at this address. Att: Rose Young
West Houston Chinese Church
c/o Lifeline to Seamen Inc.
10638 Hammerly Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77043

God richly bless you. Maranatha!

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. (Rev.22: 21)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, August 22, 2009

08/16/09 - 08/22/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/16/09 - 08/22/09

Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. (Jude. 2)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
2 ships on Monday:
MEDITERRANEAN ID, and NINANUR CEBI - All Chinese; All Turkish.
We visited the second ship almost two weeks ago. Gave away Scriptures, Jesus
DVD's and materials. Prayed with the crew on the first ship. Chief engineer and
an able seaman were baptized before. We studied part of Gospel of John and
prayed with some of the crew. (see picture 1 of the Turkish chief officer, the one
with beard, on the second ship).
Steve Chao from WHCC came and helped the visitation today.
5 ships on Wednesday:
TENNA KOSAN, SEATROUT, PANAM ATLANTICO, FORMOSA
EIGHT, and CASIOPEA - All Filipino; Filipino, and Croatian; Croatian, and
Myanmar; All Chinese; All Ukrainian. We visited the first ship and the third ship
last Apr., the second ship over a year ago, the last ship last Jun. All receptive.
We were on the fourth ship last Mar. (see picture 2 of some of the crew).
7 ships on Thursday:
STOLT HIKAWA, LYNX, CEC LIGHT, CAPE BON, JBU FORTH,
CHEMBULK SHANGHAI, and CHEM TAURUS - All Filipino; Filipino, and
Russian; All Russian; All Russian; Russian, and Indian; Indian, and Myanmar;
Myanmar, and Croatian. We visited the first ship over a year ago, the second
ship last Mar. They were all receptive. Prayed with them and blessed the ships.
We were on the six ship last May, the last ship last Apr. All responsive. Blessed
the ships. There was only one Russian second officer one the fifth ship, and two
Indian Christians, general steward, and one able seaman on board. (see picture 3
of the general steward and the second officer and Payton and others). We took
the second officer to Wal Mart.
8 ships on Friday:
ASTON TRADER II, BW SOMBEKE, DELTA CAPTAIN, SMARAGD,
CLIPPER TASMANIA, PETROPAVLOVSK, OVERSEAS BERYL, and
GOLDEN ORCHID - All Filipino; All Filipino; Greek, and Filipino; Ukrainian,
and Filipino; Russian, and Filipino; All Russian; All Russian; Korean, and
Myanmar. We visited the fourth ship and the seventh ship over a year ago. All
responsive. There were three Christians on the last ship, the Korean chief
officer, the third officer, and the third engineer. Prayed with them blessed the
crew and their families. (see picture 4 with the Korean chief officer).

Evangelism engages us is spiritual warfare. Satan's strategy is to stop us from speaking and living God's Word. This is clearly outlined in Eph. 6:11-12. Our battle is against the power of darkness and the spiritual forces of evil in high places. Satan will hinde our witnessing even to the point of death. God's peace is manifested in Eph. 6:13-18. By putting on the full armor of God, we have His power to stand firm in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our victory was purchased on the cross. Jesus sealed our salvation by His death and glorious resurrection. Death has lost its sting and the grave its victory. Last Wednesday I had a V-tack. Suddenly I blacked out. Praise God I have a pacemake and defibulator. After my defibulator kicked in, I regained consciousness. A few seconds more, I would be in heaven rejoicing. After undergoing many tests in the ER at St. Lukes Hospital, I was released that night. All the tests were negative, and the Jewish doctor thanked God that I was still alive. As of this writing, I'm doing good, and well taken care of by my children. This is my 3rd V-tack in the last 6 years. Athough I can't ship visit or drive anymore, I can still help Thomas in some areas of the ministry. Please life me up in prayer on a daily basis. Thomas and his co-workers are doing aggressive work as evangelists. He is becoming a leader in his own right. His leadership is not only exemplified here in Houston, but among the other Gulf coast ports. Thomas is reaching out and making contacts more that I did. We should be proud of his activities as he goes about the Father's business. Pray for him, his family and co-workers. Thank you for your prayers, financial support and much needed encouragement. Satan is a loser. We're winners by the blood of Jesus. We're grateful for your love gifts to this vital Global ministry. Foreign souls are at our doorsteps. Please send your tax deductible contributions to our treasurer, Rose Young, at this address. Att: Rose Young
West Houston Chinese Church
c/o Lifeline to Seamen Inc.
10638 Hammerly Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77043

God richly bless you. Maranatha!

For those who are interested in knowing about TWIC, the phone number is (866) 347-8942 The link is www.twicinformation.com.

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy - to the only god our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages now and forevermore! Amen.. (Jude. 24,25)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao