02/14/10 - 02/20/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 02/14/10 - 02/20/10



Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Php. 1:2)



Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org


ships visited this week

6 ships on Monday:

LIAN SHENG HU, and MAGIC I - All Chinese; All Indian. We were on the

first ship just over a year ago. Many of the crew knew me from previous visits

on other ships but the same company. There was a commissar on board, yet,

he was real nice. He recognized me when he saw me. I invited him and the

captain to pray the salvation prayer and he accepted. (See picture 1, captain

on the left and commissar on the right). (picture 2, chief cook on the left and

general steward on the right). I prayed with them too. We were on the second

ship last Dec. There were six Christians on board, captain, chief cook, general

steward, bosun, fitter, and an able seaman. (See picture 3, from right to left,

chief cook, general steward, and bosun). Prayed with the first two.

SCM FEDRA, WEST FORTUNE, ALGOA BAY, and WLADYSLAW

ORKAN - Filipino, and Croatian; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Myanmar,

and Polish; All Polish. All responsive.

5 ships on Wednesday:

INDUSTRIAL CENTURY, PALAU, and IKAN ALTAMIRA - All Filipino;

Filipino, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Chinese, and Ghanaian. We visited the first

ship over a year ago. We were on the last ship last Dec. (See picture 4, captain

on the left, and electrician from Ghana on the right). (See picture 5, from left to

right, general steward, Steven, and chief cook). The third engineer was a

seeker. We prayed together with him with the salvation prayer.

SAVINA CAYLYN, and CLIPPER MAKISHIO - Indian, and Italian; All

Indian; We were on the last ship last Dec. A short revisit. There were two

Christians on the first ship, chief cook, and general steward.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped ship visitation.

8 ships on Thursday:

OCEAN HOPE, WEST FORTUNE, GLADIATOR, SONGA SAPPHIRE,

and IKAN MANZANILLO - All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino,

and Panamanian; Filipino, and Chinese. We were on the last ship last Dec.

All receptive.

BAVARIA, YELLOWSTON, and CLIPPER MAKISHIO - Russian, and

Ukrainian; Myanmar, Polish, and South African. All Indian. We visited the

first ship over a year ago. We were on the second ship last Jul. (See picture

6 for the South African Christian on the first left). (See picture 7 for the only

Christian on board on the Indian ship). It was a revisit this week. All

responsive.

3 ships on Saturday:

TRINA, STOLT PEAK, and TAI BAI HAI - All Filipino; Filipino, Russian,

Indian, and Spanish. All Chinese. We visited the second ship over a year ago.

All receptive. We were on the last ship just over two years ago. (See picture

8 with part of the crew). We prayed toether (See picture 9 with Ying Dau Lu

on the left and captain on the right).

Ying Dau Lu from HCC came and helped ship visitation today.



Five Chinese Churches will have a joint mission conference at WHCC, on 26, and

27 this month. Lifeline to seamen is taking care of the seafarers ministry in this

conference. We have an exhibition booth. Please pray for this conference and the

participants will be interested in the seamen mission.



The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Php. 4:23)



Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao