Dear seafarer's friends, 01/31/10 - 02/06/10
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Gal. 1:3)
Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
COS ORCHID - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Mar. Someone still
recognized me. The ship is going to sail tonight. I prayed with some of them. (
see picture 1). The one on the far right is the bosun. Other seaman said and he
said to me too that he believes in Jesus Christ. I gave him and also other
seamen the Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and Christian literature.
3 ships on Monday:
SONGA RUBY, SONGA EAGLE, and GREAT LEGEND - All Filipino;
Indian, and Filipino; One Sri Lanka captain, and the rest was all Chinese. We
visited the first ship last Nov. There was no Indian Christian on the second
ship. So, we prayed with the Hindus and Muslim. (see picture 2 and 3). (see
picture 4 for half of the crew on the third ship). We ministered to them, and
they all want to come home and have a right relationship with our heavenly
Father. 90% of the crew got the Scripture and Gospel material.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
6 ships on Tuesday:
CRYSTAL SEAS, MARGUERITE, OLYMPIC SPONSOR, and IKAN
SELANGAT - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, Greek, and Honduran;
Filipino, Polish, and Chinese. We were on the last ship last Nov. Only the chief
engineer changed. The other crew members were still the same. I had a chance
to talk and prayed with some new seekers I left out last time. (see picture 5
with the fourth engineer). (see picture 6 for most of the Chinese and one
Filipino on the front right).
BW NANTES, and HIGH SPIRIT - Indian, French, and Ukrainian; Indian,
and three Ukrainian. We were on the first ship last Aug., the second ship last
Nov. There were six Christians on the second ship, chief cook, general
steward, fitter, oiler, one able seaman, and one cadet. I prayed the salvation
prayer with the Hindus as usual.
3 ships on Wednesday:
PACIFIC FUTURE, KOPALNIA HALEMBA, and CLIPPER DAISY -
All Ukrainian; All Polish; All Indian. We were on the last ship last month,
just less than three weeks ago. There were four Christians on board, two
oilers, second mate and second engineer. {see picture 7, second mate on the
left and second engineer on the right). I prayed with the Hindus. All ships
were receptive.
6 ships on Thursday:
BERING SEA, UACC SOUND, LEHMANN FORESTER, ANTAEUS,
BBC MONTANA, and LIBERTY STAR - All russian; Russian, and Indian;
Russian, and Myanmar; Russian, and Myanmar; German, Ukrainian, and
Filipino; All American. All the ships were responsive. There were three
Christians on the second ship, chief cook, pump man and one able seaman.
(see picture 8 with the chief cook second from the left, and the pump man on
the far right). I prayed with a Muslim using the salvation prayer. There was one
Myanmar Christian on the third ship. He was an able seaman.
5 ships on Friday:
CHESAPEAKE BELLE, MOUNT FUJI, BBC ECUADOR, CHEMICAL
DISTRIBUTOR, and LACANDON - All Filipino; Filipino, and Polish;
Ukrainian, and Polish; Indian, Romanian, Filipino, and Israeli; All Indian. We
visited the first ship last Mar., the third ship last Jul. We were on the last ship
last Oct. There was only one Christian on board, a cadet. We gave the cadet
Scripture and Jesus DVD. We prayed with the chief cook. (see picture 9, the
one in the middle). He wanted the Holy Bible we gave to him.
Someone joined me from FBCC for the ship visitation today.
1 ship on Saturday:
ATLANTICBORG - All Chinese. This is a less than two year old ship. She
only has thirteen seamen on board. There was a Christian on the ship, the chief
cook. (see picture 10, the fourth from the right). I prayed with them and
blessed the crew. I also talked with the captain. (see picture 10, the second
from the right). He finally agreed that Bible is an authoritative book.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. (Gal. 6:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
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