05/24/09 - 05/30/09

Dear seafarer's friends, 05/24/09 - 05/30/09

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

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ships visited this week
4 ships on Tuesday:
YASA SEYHAN, AMBA BHAKTI, and THOR NEPTUNE - All Turkish,
All Indian, and All Thai. We visited the last ship last Mar. Two Christians on
the Indian ship, chief cook and an able seaman. One Christian, the chief cook,
on the Thai ship. (see picture, the one with the red shirt). Receptive.
TAI HUNTER - All Chinese. There was only one and precious convert, the
chief engineer on board. (see picture)
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
8 ships on Wednesday:
RICKMERS HAMBURG, ATHENS HIGHWAY, GASCHEM BERGEN,
MILLENNIUM FALCON, ORIENTAL EMERALD, AEGEAN GLORY,
and CARIAD - All Filipino; Filipino, and Bulgarian; Filipino, and German;
Filipino, and Korean; Filipino, and Korean; Filipino, and Greek; All Korean.
Receptive. We visited the first ship last Jan. the third ship last Jun. the fifth ship
and the last ship last Mar. Three Christians on the Korean ship, second officer,
third officer, and fourth engineer.
ZHE HAI 128 - All Chinese. Gave out all the materials I brought with me.
Prayed with one mechanic in the engine room. Blessed the ships.
4 ships on Thursday:
ATALANTA, MARCELA LADY, and CLIPPER LANCASTER - All Filipino;
Filipino, and Russian; Indian, and four Myanmar. We visited the second ship
just last month. Two Indian Christians on the last ship, chief cook and bosun.
SUZAKU - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Feb. Many of them knew
me. We shared the Gospel with three seamen, second officer, second cook,
and a deck cadet. And we prayed the salvation prayer with all of them.
Peter Ko from WHCC came and helped the visitation today.
5 ships on Friday:
VALROSSA, STENA CONTEST, and HECTOR - Indian, and Italian; Indian,
Romanian, and Croatian; Filipino, Greek, and Egyptian. We were on the second
ship last Aug. Two Christians on the first ship, general steward, and one cadet.
Prayed with six Hindus. No Christian on the second ship.
CV STEALTH, and NEW MARINER - Indian, Filipino, and two Chinese;
Korean, and Chinese. Prayed with one Chinese, the third engineer, on the first
ship. We found him in the engineer room.
Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the visitation ministry today.
1 ship on Saturday:
TAI KANG HAI - All Chinese. Prayed with three of them. (see their picture).
There was a carpenter, his whole family are Christians and his grand father is a
pastor, but he hasn't baptized yet. (see picture with me). Pray that soon he'll be
baptized.

God the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity. He sanctifies us by the power of God. The Holy Spirit gives us faith to trust in the redeeming blood of Jesus, "No one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, 'Jesus be cursed,' and no one can say,(Jesus is Lord,) except by the Holy Spirit," Corinthians 12:3. Holiness is our act of worship to serve God and a total commitment to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is our teacher, comforter, counselor, witness, gift of faith and prayer in the name of Jesus, joy, sanctified, and so many more attributes. The daily filling and indwelling of the Holy Spirit is taught repeatedly in the Bible.
This coming week on May 31 is Pentecost Sunday, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the believers. This is a major Jewish Festival, the ingathering of the harvest of first fruits. We Christians apply this high and holy festival with the ingathering of souls for the kingdom of God. It saddens me that Pentecost Sunday is hardly mentioned if at all. I challenge ministers to preach the coming of the Holy Spirit on this holy day, and how it applies to us. Here is a suggestive text, Acts 2:14-41. If you do, your preaching will have a powerful anointing. Study the book of Acts which is in reality the Acts of the Holy Spirit. Pray to the Spirit of God to fully take control of your life.

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)

Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao