Saturday, January 31, 2009

01/25/09 - 01/31/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 01/25/09 - 01/31/09

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (1Ti. 1:2)
Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

This is the year of finality, and confirms that 2009 will be the greatest harvest of souls in human history. Already we are receiving reports of vast conversions among the Muslims, Africans, and many in China, India, and Russia. We urge you to share your faith with those you encounter. Use every opportunity God gives you for his glory.
ships visited this week
6 ships on Monday: MONTIRON, and BW NICE - All Indian; French, and Indian. Eight Christians
on the first ship. We prayed with one Christian and one Hindu. Three Indian
Christians on the second vessel. The French captain is an atheist. We gave them
the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs.
CHEMBULK YOKOHAMA, GULSER ANA, and ELVER - All Myanmar;
All Turkish; Indonesian, Greek, and Romanian. We were on the first ship last
Aug. Some of them remembered me. Two Christians on board. We prayed with
the captain and a cadet on the second ship. One Indonesian Christian Christian
on the third ship. We gave them the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs.
KANG HUAN - All Chinese. The chief officer was very nice. He stayed there in
the mess room the whole time we were there. He prayed with us, and invited us
to have dinner. (see attachment). Today is the Chinese New Year's day. We
kindly rejected because other engagement.
Someone from FBCC came and help the ministry today.
10 ships on Wednesday: CAP THANOS, TORM VALBORG, SEA CHALLENGER, BALTIMAR
SIRIUS, INDUSTRIAL EAGLE, and ALIANCA SHANGHAI - All Filipino;
All Filipino; Filipino, and Ukrainian; Filipino, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Ukrainian,
and Croatian; Filipino, Russian, Croatian, German, and Polish. Receptive,
Prayed with some of the ships and delivered to them Scriptures and Jesus
DVDs.
AURETTE A, and SUCHADA NAREE - All Turkish; Thai, and Indian. No
Christian on either vessels, but they received the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
PEONY, and STAR DELTA - All Myanmar; Myanmar, Filipino, and
Ukrainian. Two Myanmar Christians on the first ship. Prayed with one Christian
and one Buddhist and blessed the crew.
11 ships on Thursday:
AURORA AMETHYST, ESHIPS EAGLE, JEWEL I, and BUJIN - All
Filipino; Filipino and Latvian; Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, Indian, and one
Chinese. Receptive. We visited the second ship just last month the crew has all
changed since. I found the only one Chinese on the last ship. He was the
third engineer. prayed with him and gave him the Scriptures, Jesus DVD, and
Gospel materials.
SCM ELPIDA, KATHARINA, and JEANNE-MARIE - All Russian; Russian,
and Romanian; Russian, Romanian, and French. They received the Scriptures,
the Jesus DVDs and the Gospel newspaper.
SMOLYAN, and CITRON - All Bulgarian; Turkish, and Indian. Some
Orthodox on the first ship. No Christian found on the second ship.
FASE, and TRANS IBERIA - Romanian, Croatian, and Norwegian; Romanian,
Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish. We visited the first ship last Nov. They were all
responsive.
5 ships on Friday:
CIELO DI SAVONA, and CAJA EMPRESS - All Filipino; All krainian.
Receptive.
JIU HUA HAI, OVERSEAS, and ST. MARIEN - All Chinese; Russian,
Filipino, and seven Chinese; Russian, Filipino, and three Chinese. It's a revisit on
the first ship. Two more seamen came to Christ and received Gospel materials.
We waited in the mess room till all the Chinese got their Scriptures and Jesus
DVDs, because they were so busy on the second ship. We prayed with two of
them. We prayed with one Chinese seaman on the third ship.
Payton Huang from WHCC college group came and helped the ministry.
5 ships on Saturday:
PORT MOODY, KIRSTEN K, and FEDERAL MIRAMICHI - Filipino, and Romanian; Filipino, and Russian; Ukrainian, and Sri Lanka. Receptive. The Sri
Lanka seamen really liked the Scriptures they received.
SATURNUS - All Indian crew. (see attachment). I was told there were three
Christians on board. I went down to the engine room and met one of them, the
fitter. Prayed with one Muslim. Many came forward to ask the Gospel materials
of their own languages.
PAC ANTARES - Fifteen Chinese, twelve Filipino, and one Myanmar. We
were on this ship last Oct. I talked to one Chinese ordinary seaman and asked
Jesus to be his Savior. (see attachment).
Grace be with you. (1Ti. 6:21)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, January 24, 2009

01/18/09 - 01/24/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 01/18/09 - 01/24/09

Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Th. 1:2)
Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

This is the year of finality, and confirms that 2009 will be the greatest harvest of souls in human history. Already we are receiving reports of vast conversions among the Muslims, Africans, and many in China, India, and Russia. We urge you to share your faith with those you encounter. Use every opportunity God gives you for his glory.

ships visited last week:
- On 01/13, Tuesday, Peter Ko and Pastor Malone visited 2 Chinese vessels. There were 2 Christians on board, and we prayed with 7 more. Peter shared with them his faith in Jesus. We stayed in the mess-room, and the seamen came to us for ministry. See attached pictures. The other vessel had 6 Chinese, and they already had their scriptures from a previous trip. Steven Yeboah came on board, and we had a moving prayer meeting.

-On 01/15, Thursday, Steven Chao and Pastor Malone visited a Chinese vessel named M/V Pacific Endeavor. Although Pastor Malone left early, Steven stayed behind for ministry. We had testimonies, sharing, and salvation. We gave away 2 big boxes of scriptures, tracts, magazines, papers and other Christian literature. They were so receptive and open to the gospel, particularly the young cadets. Pastor Malone visited a Myanmar ship with 3 Christians. One of them wanted another Jesus DVD to take home and duplicate. One Buddhist prayed with us to be saved.

-On 01/17, Saturday, Pastor Malone had to pray against Satan's stronghold on this Turkish ship in Jesus name. These mocking spirits tried to laugh him off, but God strengthened him to persevere. It was a battle, but some took the scriptures. Turkey is 99.6% Muslim, and one of the nations according to Ezekiel 38 to attack Israel. The day is at hand...watch and pray.
ships visited this week
5 ships on Monday: JAG PRERANA, and SANMAR SERENADE - All Indian. We were on the first
vessel last May. Five Christians on board. We prayed with two Christians and
other three Hindus together. We also prayed with a Muslim to received Jesus
as his Lord and Savior.Three Christians on the second vessel. We prayed with
five Hindus and gave them the Jesus DVDs.
PACIFIC ENDEAVOR, PAC ATHENA, and IKAN VERACRUZ - All
Chinese; Filipino, Myanmar, and Chinese; Filipino, and Chinese. It was a revisit
on the first ship. Steven delivered some merchandise he promised the seamen last
week. We were on the second ship last Sep. Five Chinese on that ship. Very
receptive. We were on the third ship the year before last year. Fifteen Chinese on that ship including the chief engineer, and he is a baptized Christian. The captain is
a Filipino. We prayed with thirteen of the Chinese on board and baptized three of
them. (see attached picture) Steven shared his testimony to the seamen and I did
a little bit too.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and help the ministry today. He was very helpful.
9 ships on Tuesday:
SPAR TAURUS, and CIELO DI AMALFI - All Indian; Indian, and Myanmar.
Six Indian Christians on the first ship. I prayed with three Hindus and one Christian
on board. Two Indian, the captain, and the chief engineer and one Myanmar third officer are Christians on the second ship. I gave them the Scriptures and Jesus
DVDs.
STAR FRASER, DANOS Z, STOLT SAGALAND, LEEDS CASTLE, and
NAVIOS HERAKLES - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino,
and Bulgarian; Filipino, and Greek. We've been to the first ship over ten times in
the last two years. I prayed with the Catholics and the Christians. They were all
very responsive.
OCEAN LUCK, and JING AN CHENG - All Chinese. We were on the first
ship a year before last year. I spent nearly an hour with the captain. He admitted
that God is in his heart. He said that he didn't want the formality so he prayed
silently with me. Then I prayed with other five seamen before the meal. They
were quite open. We were on the second ship last Oct. Some of them recognize
me. This was just an intial visit.
Steven Yeboah went to IKAN BERACRUZ, and took six seamen to his church.
1 ship on Wednesday: IKAN VERACRUZ - All Chinese. I took five seamen including the chief engineer to Toyota Center to get the tickets for the Rocket's game, and went to Chinatown for shopping. Then sent them back to watch the game. I came home.
8 ships on Thursday:
BRIGHT SKY, FORTUNE EXPRESS, and SAGA MIRANDA - All Filipino;
All Filipino; Filipino, Ukrainian, and Polish. Very receptive.
HIGH JUPITER, and CMB BIWA - All Indian; All Ukrainian. Six Christians on
the first ship. Prayed with one. Receptive on the second ship.
LU XUN, JING AN CHENG, and BASIC RELIANCE - All Chinese; All
Chinese; Korean, and Chinese. We were on the first ship last Sep. It was good to
see some old faces. It was a good visit. A revisit on the second ship this week.
The commissar was real nice. He remembered me. I took three seamen including
the captain to Wal Mart. He was resistant the first time I saw him on this ship
seven months ago, but after this shopping trip, he agreed to pray with me. There
was one baptized Christian on this vessel. (see attached picture). He was baptized
in China. An initial visit on the third ship. Steven Yeboah took some to his church.
3 ships on Friday:
CARGO - Turkish, and Indian. Two Indian Christians. Receptive.
SEA BAISI, and BASIC RELIANCE - All Chinese; Korean, and Chinese. Many
came into the entertaining room and rushed for Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. Some
one even wanted two sets, one for his Mom. We were on the second ship last
Aug. Half of the crew has been changed since then. Very friendly ship. We prayed
with five of them.
Payton Huang from WHCC college group came and helped the ministry.
6 ships on Saturday:
UAL ROTTERDAM, and UAL COBURG - All Polish. Receptive. Took two
seamen to Seafarer's Center on the second ship.
CHEROKEE PRINCESS - All Filipino. Responsive.
JIU HUA HAI, BASIC RELIANCE, and RICKMERS ANTWERP - All
Chinese; All Chinese; Croatian, Filipino, and Chinese. A good visit on the first
ship. Five seamen came forward to accept the Lord after a short testimony. A
revisit on the second ship. Weibin took the second cook to shopping so I can
minister to the other vessels. We were on the third ship last Jun. Now they started
to employ Chinese seamen on this ship. Delivered the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs
to them and prayed with them.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. (2Th. 3:18)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, January 17, 2009

01/11/09 - 01/17/09

Dear seafarers' friends,

Thomas Tao was out of town for his farther in law's funeral, so, there was no ship visiting report's email this week. All reports will be consolidated and resumed next week.

In Christ,
Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Friday, January 9, 2009

01/04/09 - 01/10/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 01/04/09 - 01/10/09

Grace and peace to you. (1Th. 1:1)
Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

End Time Harvest in 2009

- We thank God for the manifold blessings in 2008.
Be thankful for life, health, family, work, and above all, our faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Faith in Jesus makes life worth living. Without faith it's imporsibles to please
God. - So we begin 2009 with great anticipation and expectations. Trust God and have
faith in Jesus will overcome any obstacles we may encounter this year.
- We want to extend a very peaceful and prosperous new year to our seafarering
friends. May God protect you and your families. Keep you in good health and help
you to have a closer relationship with Jesus Christ.
- On Dec. 17 God revealed to Pastor Malone that in 2009 we'll witnes an
UNPRECEDENTED "END TIME HARVEST"
Thank God that we'll be participtants in this world wide harvest of souls. The fields
are ripe for the harvesting.
ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
GENCO WISDOM - All Chinese. I took four seamen to Evangelical Formosa
Church. The response was very good. See attachment. Then we went to China
Town and shopping.
3 ships on Monday: EQUINOX DAWN - All Filipino; Receptive.
PANAM CELESTE - All Indian. We were on this vessel last May. Two
Christians on board. We prayed with one Christian and other three seamen
together. They all had Jesus DVDs in their own languages.
LIAN PING HU - All Chinese. It was the first time this ship came to Houston.
We prayed with six of them. Steven taught them how to pray. We took the fourth
engineer to Wal Mart. We spent over two hours in there. He got most of what he
and other seamen wanted, and we sent him back.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and help the ministry today.
2 ships on Tuesday:
BOW ENGINEER - Indian, and one Russian chief officer. Two Indian Christians and one Russian Orthodox on board. The captain is a Christian but the officers
didn't want me to see him because he was resting. I prayed with two Hindus at the
gang way.
ENTERNAL CONFIDENCE - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Aug.
Some of them recognize me from the previous visits including the captain. The
captain and the chief officer are baptized Christians. I prayed with the chief
engineer and he said he believed in Jesus. I also prayed with ten other crew
members at the meal. Steve Yeboha came and took eight seamen to his church.
5 ships on Wednesday: CLIPPER TROJAN, CLIPPER GOLFITO, and CLIPPER AYA - All Filipino;
Crotian, Myanmar, and Russian; All Indian. Eight Christians on the third ship.
Prayed with two of them and other Hindus.
FORMOSA SEVEN - All Chinese. We visited this vessel last Aug. Some of the
crew still knew me. They said in America church is the biggest. I think they meant
that the United State of America is a Christian country.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1Th. 5:28)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, January 3, 2009

12/28/08 - 01/03/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 12/28/08 - 01/03/09

Grace and peace to you from God our Father. (Col. 1:2)
Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

End Time Harvest in 2009

- We thank God for the manifold blessings in 2008.
Be thankful for life, health, family, work, and above all, our faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Faith in Jesus makes life worth living. Without faith it's imporsibles to please
God. - So we begin 2009 with great anticipation and expectations. Trust God and have
faith in Jesus will overcome any obstacles we may encounter this year.
- We want to extend a very peaceful and prosperous new year to our seafarering
friends. May God protect you and your families. Keep you in good health and help
you to have a closer relationship with Jesus Christ.
- On Dec. 17 God revealed to Pastor Malone that in 2009 we'll witnes an
UNPRECEDENTED "END TIME HARVEST"
Thank God that we'll be participtants in this world wide harvest of souls. The fields
are ripe for the harvesting.
ships visited this week
9 ships on Monday: CHONG MING, YONG AN 2, FORMOSA FOURTEEN, and CLIPPER
SENTOSA - All Chinese. All revisits except the last one was an initial visit. We
delivered the monthly Chinese Christian newspaper for them to read, and took
some pictures with them. See attachment, the Christian cadet on FORMOSA
FOURTEEN is right in the middle. GAS DIANA, IZOLA, TRANS CATALONIA, and DELAWARE TRADER -
Filipino, and Japanese; Filipino, Croatian, Indian, and Yugoslavian; Norwegian,
Romanian, and Polish; American. Receptive.
BLUE MASTER - Myanmar, and Polish. No Myanmar Christian on board. Still,
we gave them the Jesus DVDs, the Gospel booklets, and we gave the captain a
Myanmar Bible. They all willingly accepted. We prayed with the two Polish
Christians and blessed the ship.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and help the ministry today. He said he'll come
back on Thursday.
3 ships on Wednesday: CLIPPER OCEANICA - All Indian. Three Christians on board. We prayed
with four seamen. Three of them were willing to receive Jesus.
GENCO WISDOM, and CLIPPER SENTOSA - All Chinese. An initial visit on
the first ship. We were on it last Aug. A revisit on the second ship. The captain
and five others were baptized at Steve Yeboah's church last night. Four more
crew members were added to the list of the converters. The man who doesn't want us to know his name came from FBCC and helped
the ministry today.
3 ships on Thursday:
CLIPPER CARIBE - Croatian, Ukrainian, and Myanmar. One Myanmar
Christian. Very receptive.
GENCO WISDOM, and TOP WING - All Chinese. A revisit on the first ship.
Most of them knew me from the previous visits especially the General Steward. I
planned to go back tomorrow. It was very open on the second vessel. The
captain and the chief engineer both accepted the Lord as their Savior after I
shared the Gospel with them separately in their own cabinets. The commissar was
a little bit resistant but when the time comes he will receive the Lord too.
Steven Chao came back and visited the ship with me again. Today is the New
Year's Day.8 ships on Friday: UBC SAVANNAH, BBC ARAMIS, DOVER STRAIT, GOLDEN EYE, and
RICKMERS HAMBURG - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and
Russian; Filipino, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, and Romanian; Filipino, Russian,
Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, and German. We visited the first ship in Jun.
2006, the last ship in last Aug. They were all very responsive.
HENG CHANG, and GENCO WISDOM - All Chinese. The captain of the first
ship was hestative to pray with me after I preached to him. And this was another
revisit on the second ship. We took both the chief cook and the second cook to
Best Buy. They were both accepted the Lord during my previous visits. The
second cook said that he dad known me since 2004. We strengthened their faith
and planned to come back again.
MARIE RICKMERS - Myanmar, and one Russian. Two Myanmar Christians
and one Russian Othodox. Very receptive.
Payton Huang from WHCC college group came and helped the ministry today.
7 ships on Saturday:
BBC ECUADOR, UAL CYPRUS, FEDERAL POWER, and UAL ANTWERP
- Polish, and Ukrainian; Polish, and Dutch; Polish, Filipino, and Croatian; Polish,
Filipino, Ukrainian, and Romanian. The UAL ships are regular ships coming into
Houston. Receptive.
CLIPPER SENTOSA, and TOP RICH - All Chinese. A revisit on the first ship.
They all have shot pass. We just asked them if they could come to church with us tomorrow. We shared the Gospel with the captain on the second ship. He was
ready and willing to receive Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. Praise the
Lord. We took a picture with some of the crew on this ship. See attachment.
Benjamin Tseng from FBCC and Alex Wu from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
Grace be with you. (Col. 4:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao