02/15/09 - 02/21/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 02/15/09 - 02/21/09

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Phm. 3)
Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
5 ships on Tuesday:
LAUREL - Chilian. They loved the Spanish Scripture and the Jesus DVD. I saw
that they took good care of them.
BERNORA, BERGE NINGBO, and ATLANTIC HOPE - All Indian; All
Indian; Indian, and Ukrainian. Responsive. Two Christians on the first ship, the
captain and the electrician. (the pictures showed you the chief cook and the
general steward). Just as I thought I gave them enough Jesus DVDs, they wanted
more. Six Christians on the second ship. They wanted me to stay longer, I only
stayed for a while. One Christian on the last ship, the third engineer. They needed some phone cards other than the Scriptures, so I sold them all I had in my
pocket, three.
GENCO WARRIOR - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Sep. It used to be
Indian and Filipino, but now they were all Chinese. I prayed with the captain and
the chief officer. Also prayed with ten crew members. they really appreciated the
Scriptures and the Gospel materials delivered to them.
2 ships on Wednesday:
SICHEM MONTREAL - All Indian. Seven Christians on board, all Catholics.
We prayed together, and they took almost all the Indian Scriptures I brought with
me. Each one of them had a piece of Jesus DVD, (see picture), and they wanted
more.
IKAN SELANGAT - Chinese, Filipino, and Polish. I prayed with the Chinese
chief officer (see picture) and a cadet.
4 ships on Thursday:
EQUINOX VOYAGER, BALSA 54, and DAEWOO ACE - All Filipino; All
Filipino; Korean, Indonesian, and Myanmar. Receptive. There were two Korean
Christians and two Indonesian Christians (see picture). on the third ship.
TAIXING - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Oct. We shared the Gospel
with the Fitter and the Electrician. Both accepted Jesus as their Lord and savior.
We stayed till right before they sailed.
We missed the ship NAVIG8 STEALTH. We got there while they just leaving
the shore.
Someone from FBCC came and helped the ship visitation today.
6 ships on Friday:
DEL SOL, UBC BOSTON, FEDERAL PENDANT, TIGRIS LEADER,
BW THAMES, and SEABOARD EXPLORER II - All Filipino; All Filipino;
Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, Indian, and Romanian; All
Russian. We visited the first ship last Nov., the second ship a year before last Jan.
and the last ship just a year ago. They all pretty receptive. Prayed with them and
blessed the ships.
2 ships on Saturday:
LU XUN, and GENCO WARRIOR - All Chinese. We were on the first ship last
month. The commissar kept us company all the time. We didn't stay very long on
board because they were busy and resistant. We sang some hymns and prayed
together before we leave. We brought them some fruits along with the Scriptures.
It was a revisit on the second ship. A total different experience from the first ship.
The Captain was very nice to us. He invited us to visit the navigation bridge, and
we stayed there for an hour. We presented them some hymns and a brief sharing.
(see the last picture). They also received some fruits along with the Scriptures.
Eleven people from HCC mission department and Rock fellowship came and
joined the ship visitation today. We took the HCC church bus. Praise the Lord,
He answered our prayers. The guards let us in; We were able to find proper
parking spaces for both ships; and the seamen were willing to listen to our
sharing.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you spirit. (Phm. 25)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao