Sunday, March 29, 2009

03/22/09 - 03/29/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/22/09 - 03/28/09

Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. (Jude. 2)
Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
11 ships on Monday:
TANJA KOSAN, HAPPY VENTURE, GEORGIOS M, ATLAS
EXPLORER, CRUX J, and STAVANGER BAY - All Filipino; Filipino, and
Greek; Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, and Croatian; Filipino, Russian, and Indian;
Filipino, Romanian, and Chinese. Receptive. I prayed with them and blessed the
ships. We were on the last ship last July.
LACANDON, and STENA CONQUEST - All Indian. We were on the first
ship last Dec. and the second ship last Oct. The crew has all been changed since.
Three Christians on the second ship.
TOSCANA, CARIAD, and CASTILLO DE VIGO - All Polish; All Korean;
Honduran, and Central American. We visited the first ship last Nov. Responsive. 7 ships on Tuesday:
GREAT MORNING, BBC MISSISSIPPI, PACIFIC DESTINY, and
BARNES BRIDGE - All Filipino; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino,
Ukrainian, and Croatian; Filipino, Russian, Latvian, and Indonesian;. We were on
the third ship last April. They all receptive. I prayed with them and brought them
the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs.
UAL MEXICO, and ROBIN - All Polish; Russian, Ukrainian, Tuvalu, and one
German. Polish seamen are mostly Christians.
KING ERNEST - All Indian. Five Christians on board. They were the Chief
Cook, the General Steward, the Chief Officer, the Third Officer, (see picture).
and the Electrician. Prayed with one Hindu.
3 ships on Wednesday:
STAR HARDANGER, and ZENOVIA - All Filipino; Filipino, and Korean. We visited the first ship more than a year ago. They received the Scriptures and Jesus
DVDs.
BEI HAI - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Nov. Some of the crew has
been changed since. Seven came forward and prayed the salvation prayer. I
prayed with the captain also.
7 ships on Friday:
BALTIC MERCUR, MARIANAO ICE, LYNX, and APOLLON LEADER -
All Russian; Russian, and Ukrainian; Russian, and Filipino; Filipino, and Indian.
We visited the first ship in last April, the second ship in last Dec. They all
receptive.
SPRING BULKER, CHANG QIANG, and ALAM GULA - All Chinese; All
Chinese; Filipino, Myanmar, Indonesian and one Chinese. We were on the
second ship in last Oct. and the third ship in last May. We prayed with the Chief
Officer on the first ship. One Christian on the second ship. Eight people came
forward to pray with us on that ship.
Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the visitation today.
2 ships on Saturday:
SPRING BRUKER, and CHANG QIANG - All Chinese. Both ships were
revisits. Shared the Gospel with them. (see picture), including both captains.
More people raised up their hands to received the Lord into their hearts. (see
picture). Seven people from HCC joined the visitation today. We took the church
bus (see picture) for transportation.
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

Saturday, March 21, 2009

03/15/09 - 03/21/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/15/09 - 03/21/09

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

There was no ship visiting last Saturday, the list I gave was a copy from the previous
week. My apology.ships visited this week
7 ships on Monday:
DEL SOL, and YACU PUMA - All Filipino; All Peruvian. The Filipinos liked the
English Scriptures this time as well as the Peruvians liked the Spanish Scriptures
and Jesus DVDs. We were on the first ship last Nov. and the second ship last
May.
NAVIG8 FAITH, and EAGLE CORONA - All Indian; Indian, Filipino, and
Malaysian. Two Christians on the first ship. No Christian except the Filipino
Catholics on the second ship.
STX ACE 10, and STX ACE 11 - Both ships were Korean, and Myanmar.
Two Myanmar Christians and two Korean Christians on the first ship. I didn't
see any Christian on the second ship.
CHIPOLBROK MOON - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Jun. The chief
Cook knows me and a few others. I prayed with three people separately on
board.
2 ships on Tuesday:
KAROLINE N, and TRADEWIND UNION - Both ships were Indian, and
Filipino. Very receptive. The first ship was only one and one half month old. She
was manufactured in Korean, owned by an American company and managed by
a Singapore company. There were two Indian Christians on board, the Captain
and the Chief Engineer. We shared the Bible verses together and prayed
together. (see picture). There was only one Indian Christian on the second ship.
4 ships on Thursday:
ZEYNEP A - All Turkish. Receptive. The ship was sailing, so it was a very short
visit.
KANG HING, FORMOSA THIRTEEN, and GINGA EAGLE - All Chinese;
All Chinese; Korean, and Chinese. The Chief Officer on the first ship wanted an
English Bible. We prayed with three people on board. The second ship is an old
friend, we were on this ship many times before, but the crew were mostly new. I
had a long talk with the Captain. He refused to pray with me. Some others were
interested and we prayed the salvation prayer. Two believers on board, a
Mechanic who was baptized and an Ordinary Seaman who was not baptized yet.
A short visit on the third ship, 'cause she was sailing.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the visitation today.
6 ships on Friday:
LIBYA, LOTUS, and KANG HING - All Bulgarian; Korean, and Indonesian;
All Chinese. Mostly Christians on the first ship. One Korean Captain Christian
on the second ship. A revisit on the third ship. The Chief Officer got the English
Holy Bible. (see picture).
CHEMICAL SUPPLIER, BW BORG, and TRADEWIND MOON - Indian
crew and one Ukrainian Captain; All Indian; Indian, and Filipino. We were on the
first ship and the second ship last Sep. Four Indian Christians on the first ship.
Five Christian on the second ship. (see picture). One Indian Christian on the third
ship.
One person from FBCC came and helped the visitation today.
2 ships on Saturday:
KANG HING, and FORMOSA THIRTEEN - All Chinese. Both ships were
revisits. Shared the Gospel with them. (see picture). More people came forward
to received the Lord into their hearts.
Ying Dau Lu, Daniel Jen, and Kelley Kao from HCC, Wei Bin Lu from WHCC
came and helped the ministry today. We need to pray for the TWIC's card,
'cause only limited people can have the access to the port from now on.
Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. (3 Jn. 15)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, March 14, 2009

03/08/09 - 03/14/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/08/09 - 03/14/09

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
3 ships on Monday:
NEW ACTIVITY, MARDI GRAS, and HAWK BAY - Filipino, and Chinese;
All Chinese; All Chinese. They were very glad to see Chinese visitors. The
Filipinos wanted the Tagalog Scripture and Jesus DVDs so desperately. Blessed
them and the ship. We prayed with crew on the second ship. And we prayed
with the Captain (see picture) and the crew separately on the third ship.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the visitation today.
12 ships on Tuesday:
ATOYAC, STOLT HILL,MEDI VALENCIA, CHESAPEAKE BELLE, JO
ASK, UBC SANTA MARTA, and KICKAPOO BELLE - All Filipino.
Responsive. We visited the second ship, the third ship, and fifth ship before.
Mostly Catholics on those ships. They don't have enough Scriptures which we
provide some for them.
MARDI GRAS, and HAWK BAY - All Chinese. Both visits were short revisit.
KASZUBY, BBC PERU, and CEC ACCORD - All Polish; Russian, and
Filipino; All Russian. Receptive.
11 ships on Wednesday:
HAWK BAY - All Chinese. Revisit.
MALTE B, BBC FRANCE, CLIPPER CARIBE, BOLERO, UAL CYPRUS,
BALGARKA, TORM ESTRID, and CHAMPION STAR - Russian, and
Filipino; Russian, Ukrainian, and German; Myanmar, Croatian, and Ukrainian;
Swedish, Ukrainian, and Filipino; Dutch, Polish, and Indonesian; All Bulgarian;
Danish, Croatian, and Filipino; Croatian, Montenegrin, Indonesian, Indian, and
Filipino. We visited the first ship, the second ship, the third ship, the fourth ship,
the sixth ship, and the eighth hip before. They all responsive.
NORDIC RUTH, and ATLANTIC BREEZE - All Indian. We were on the first
ship last November. Two Christians on board. Two Christians on the second
ship. Prayed with one of them.
7 ships on Thursday:
BALSA 72, ORIENTAL EMERALD, and PACIFIC LEADER - All Filipino;
Korean, and Filipino; Indian, Sri Lanka, Thai, and Filipino. We visited the second
ship just last month, the third ship last Jul. There was one Korean Christian on the
second ship, the Chief Engineer. It used to be all Chinese on this ship.
BBC AMAZON, CLIPPER LANCER, and CALEDONIA - All Russian;
Russian, Ukrainian, Latvian, and Lithuanian. It's all receptive.
LI BAI - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Jul. Everyone was changed, it's
a completely new crew. (see pictures)
6 ships on Friday:
SAGA WIND, and UAL ANTWERP - All Filipino. We visited the first ship
more than a year ago, the second ship in last Jan. One Able Seaman knew me
from last Jan. (see picture). I prayed with two.
SIGLOO POLAR, and CHEMSTAR EAGLE - All Russian; Korean, and
Myanmar. It's the first time on the first ship, and a second time in last two years on the second ship. Two Korean Christians and more than one Myanmar
Christian on board. I didn't see all of them.
TORM ESBJERG, and MANISAMUT NAREE - All Indian; Indian, and Thai.
The second ship used to be a Chinese crew. We visited her more than a year
ago. I didn't see any Christian on the first ship, but prayed with two Hindus.
3 ships on Saturday:
CRYSTAL OCEAN, OCEAN BELLE, and BIG GLORY - All Chinese. Just
checking to see how many can come ashore. Only the Chief Engineer from BIG
GLORY (see picture), came with me to the Steven Tang's Evangelical Meeting.
We prayed the salvation prayer in my car before he got back to his ship.
To him be glory both now and forever! (2 Pet. 3:18)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, March 7, 2009

03/01/09 - 03/07/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/01/09 - 03/07/09

Grace and peace be yours in abundance. (1 Pet. 1:2)
Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
2 ships on Sunday:
FORMOSA EIGHT - All Chinese. We visited this ship last Nov. Some of the
crew remained the same. One Able Seaman and one Cadet were willing to
accept Jesus into their hearts.
BOW LIMA - All Myanmar. As I was praying with the two Christians, two
Buddhists jointed us to received Jesus as their Savior. As I instructed them, they
understood what they did was from the heart. The two Christians will disciple
them.
3 ships on Monday:
STENA CONCORD, and PELICAN ARROW - All Indian. We were on the
first ship last May. Four Christians on board including the Chief Officer. I prayed
with two Christians. Three Christians on the second ship including the Bosun. I
prayed with him and blessed the ship.
ALAM BISTARI - Filipino, Chinese, Polish, Myanmar, and Malaysian. We
were on this ship last May. I shared the Gospel with the Chinese Chief Officer,
and led him to Christ. He just got on board yesterday. (see picture).
4 ships on Tuesday:
ALBERTO TOPIC, and ELVER - All Croatian; All Indonesian. Responsive. We
visited the second ship last Jan. Mostly Christians on the first ship.
JIN YUAN, and NORTHERN LIGHT - All Chinese. It's the first time these
ships have been here. The Captain and the chief Engineer of the first
ship are Christians. All the family members of the Captain are Christians. We had
a good fellowship with the Chief Engineer and prayed with him. I prayed
with nine people on the second ship to receive Jesus into their hearts.
Steven Yeboah took seven to his church last night, and one on the first ship
tonight.
Someone from FBCC came and helped the ministry today.
9 ships on Thursday:
STAR FLORIDA, GLORIANA, FREM MALA, and CLIPPER TENACIOUS
- All Filipino; Indian, and Filipino; All Indian; All Indian. We visited the first ship
last May, the second ship last Nov., and the last ship last May. There were six
Indian Christians on the second ship, three Christians on the third ship, and four
Christians on the last ship. India is a very religious country.
CRYSTAL OCEAN, JIA QIANG, OCEAN BELLE, NEW HARMONY, and
RICKMERS SHANGHAI - All Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese;
Filipino, Polish, Romanian, Sri Lanka, and one Chinese. We were on the first ship
the year before last year, the third and last ships last Oct. It was just an initial visit on the first and third ship, to see how many people can go to the Steven Tang's
Evangelical Meeting tomorrow night. I prayed with two people on the second
ship, (the picture shows me and three other Chinese seamen), and three people
on the fourth ship.
6 ships on Friday:
CRYSTAL OCEAN, OCEAN BELLE, BIG GLORY, NEW HARMONY,
and PACIFIC CELEBES - All Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese;
Filipino, Chinese, and British. A revisit on the first two ships. It was a long visit
on the third ship. We prayed with a bunch of seaman and gave them Scriptures
and Jesus DVDs. We took two people, the first Engineer and the third Officer,
from the fourth ship to Steven Tang's Evangelical meeting tonight. (see picture).
We enjoyed very much.
RICKMERS SEOUL - Filipino, Romanian, and Polish. Receptive.
3 ships on Saturday:
CRYSTAL OCEAN, OCEAN BELLE, and BIG GLORY - All Chinese. Just
checking to see how many can come ashore. Only the Chief Engineer from BIG
GLORY (see picture), came with me to the Steven Tang's Evangelical Meeting.
We prayed the salvation prayer in my car before he got back to his ship.
Peace to all of you who are in Christ. (1 Pet. 5:14)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao