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