Sunday, March 28, 2010

03/21/10 - 03/27/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/21/10 - 03/27/10



Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (2Ti. 1:2)



Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org


ships visited this week

5 ships on Monday:

BALTIC GAS, OCEAN VIRGO, SAFMARINE TEXAS, ZHONGJI NO. 2,

and GREAT GAIN - All Filipino; Indian, and two Filipino; Filipino, Bulgarian,

and Ukrainian; All Indian; All Chinese. We visited the second ship last Apr., and

the third ship last Aug. Both were receptive. There were four Christians on the

fourth ship, chief cook, general steward, one able seaman, and one cadet. (See

picture 1 for me and the chief cook). Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

There was one Christian on the last ship, the chief engineer. (See picture 2 for

part of the crew. chief cook is on the far right). Had a long talk with the captain.

He prayed with me with the salvation prayer. And I also prayed with the chief

engineer.

9 ships on Tuesday:

OSC ROTTERDAM, FRANZ SCHULTE, CLIPPER LOYALTY, SAPPHIRE

STAR, and CEC DELTA - Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, Polish, and Estonian;

All Russian; All Russian; All Russian. We just visited the fourth ship last week. I

gave them a Russian Holy Bible which I don't have many copies left this time. All

responsive.

SONGA WINDS, STX HERO, CHEMBULK MINNEAPOLI, and BUNGA

ALLIUM - Indian, and Egyptian chief engineer; All Myanmar; Myanmar, and

Russian chief engineer; All Malaysian. There were seven Christians on the first

ship, chief cook, 2nd engineer, 3rd engineer, electrician, one oiler, and two able

seamen. (See picture 3 for one of the able seaman and me). He told me he was

a Hindu. One time he injured his leg, it was no use to pray to the Hindu gods. His

friend introduced Jesus to him. And Jesus answered his prayer and healed him.

Regardless his father's opposition, he believed in Jesus ever since. He always

carried a pocket size NT with Psalms and Proverbs with him. You can tell he has

a strong faith in Jesus. The other ships were mostly receptive.

9 ships on Thursday:

SIOUX MAIDEN, STOLT AGUILA, SONGA JADE, RICKMERS DOHA,

TEXEL, ASIAN MOON, and EAGLE COLUMBUS - All Filipino; All Filipino;

All Filipino; Filipino, and Latvian; Filipino, Dutch, and Russian; Filipino, Ukrainian,

and Polish; Filipino, Russian, Malaysian, and Indian. We visited the sixth ship last

Feb. Receptive. There were five Indian Christians on the last ship, chief cook,

second cook, third engineer, pump man, and a cadet. (See picture 4 for part of

the crew). (See picture 5 for Frank and the captain). The captain was a Hindu,

but we prayed with him.

MARIANAO ICE, and HENAN SCAN - All Ukrainian; All Sri Lanka. We

visited the first ship last Mar. Blessed the crew and their families.

Someone from FBCC came and helped the ship visitation today.

4 ships on Friday:

PRINCESS 1, ALPHAGAS, UAL EUROPE, and SICHEM HAWK - All

Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, Romanian, and Ukrainian; All Ukrainian. Responsive.



Please pray for Pastor Malone's health. He felt down in his room Friday morning. That's

not very critical. But his swollen legs caused him to go to the Emergency Room at St.

Luke's Hospital. Now he is in room 1431. He will be there for another day.



The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. (2Ti. 4:22)



Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Sunday, March 21, 2010

03/14/10 - 03/20/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/14/10 - 03/20/10



Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (1Ti. 1:2)



Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org


ships visited this week

8 ships on Monday:

MARIANN, NAVIGATOR MARS, UBC LIVORNO, and NAESBORG

- All Filipino; Filipino, Russian, and Polish; Filipino, Russian, and Polish; Turkish,

Ukrainian, and Bulgarian. We visited the last ship last Dec. Prayed with them

and blessed the ships. All receptive.

TORM CECILIE, SUJITRA NAREE, VALIANT/EVERGLADES, and

LEOPOLD STAFF - All Indian; All Thai; All American; All Polish. We were

on the first ship last Oct. There were two Christians on board, bosun, and an

able seaman. (See picture 1, the second one from the right is the bosun). I

prayed with him and blessed the ship. One Hindu asked me, "Where is the

book? I want to read it." I gave him the Holy Bible and prayed together with

him with the salvation prayer. He was very precious about "the book". We

were on the last ship last Jun. All responsive.

6 ships on Tuesday:

AGIOS NIKOLAS, STENA STEALTH, and ALBANE - All Filipino; Filipino,

Indian, and Latvian; All Indian. We were on the second ship last Dec. There

was no Indian Christian on board. The Indian chief mate invited me to dinner.

(See picture 2, the one on the right is the chief mate, the one the left is the

Filipino chief cook). There were four Christians on the last ship, Third mate,

fitter, a cadet, and a motorman. (See picture 3, the motorman is on the left). He

was signing off and going home today. Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

SAPPHIRE STAR, CHEMBULK GIBRALTAR, and GENCO SUCCESS -

All Russian; All Myanmar; All Chinese. We were on the second ship last Dec.,

the last ship way over two years ago. (See picture 4 for part of the crew, the

captain is the fourth one from the left). I prayed with them. It's not just a ritual,

but something they will never forget.

5 ships on Thursday:

SICHEM HONG KONG, DREGGEN, EAGLE TORRANCE, GINGA TIGER,

and NS CHAMPION - All Indian; All Indian; Filipino, three Chinese, and Indian;

Korean, and ten Chinese; All Russian. We were on the first ship over one year

ago. There were two Christians on board this time, chief cook, and second officer.

(See picture 5 for part of the crew). There were three Christians on the second

ship, third engineer, one motorman, and one able seaman. (See picture 6 for part

of the crew). There were three Indian Christians on the third ship, chief cook, a

cadet, and a pump man. (See picture 7 for the Filipino chief cook, and two of the

Indian crew). We didn't see the three Chinese seamen. They went ashore. We

left the Chinese gospel materials on board for them. We met one Chinese able

seaman on the fourth ship. They were extremely busy, and some of the Koreans

were resistant to the Scripture we gave to them. Yet, we prayed on the other

ships and blessed their families.

Someone from FBCC came and helped the ship visitation today.

7 ships on Friday:

AGIOS NIKOLAS, ASIAN GLORY, AFRICAN EVERGREEN, and IKAN

SELANGAT - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino,

Chinese, and one Polish captain. We were on the last ship just last month. The

Chinese chief officer wanted to stay here and learn to be a pastor from me. I told

him that he needed to pray for this matter. He was very quiet then. (See picture 8

for most of the Chinese crew). The ships we visited were mostly receptive.

STOLT VALOR, FIDELITY, and YACU PUMA - All Indian; Indian, Filipino,

and one Romanian; All Peruvian. We were on the first ship last Oct. There were

seven Christians on this ship, chief cook, general steward, third officer, third

engineer, two able seamen, and one ordinary seaman. (See picture 9 for part of

the crew). Very responsive.

Someone from FBCC came and helped the ministry today.

3 ships on Saturday:

EPMC 20, GAS MIRACLE, and SICHEM EDINBURGH - All Chinese; Korean,

Chinese; Indian, and Filipino. We were on the second ship last month. This time

was a short revisit. We were on the last ship last Oct. (See picture 10 for the

Filipino crew with Rev. Jonathan on the far left, and Yindau on the second from the

right). There was one Indian Christian on board, the third officer. He was sleeping.

We prayed with the Hindu second officer (see picture 11, the one in the middle).

We prayed with the captain on the first ship. (See picture 12, the third one from

the left is the captain). The ship was sailing, so we did everything in a hurry.

Rev. Jonathan Lin and Yingdau Lu from HCC came and helped the ministry today.

Pastor Malone's grandson Tyler was out of the hospital Monday and was resting at home

the whole week. Thank you all for your prayers.



Grace be with you. (1Ti. 6:21)



Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Friday, March 12, 2010

03/07/10 - 03/13/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/07/10 - 03/13/10



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



Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org


ships visited this week

5 ships on Monday:

SPT CHALLENGER, FREJA SPRING, THARINEE NAREE, TULA, and

IKAN SEPAT - All Indian; All Indian; Indian, and Thai; All Mexican;

Chinese, and Filipino. We visited the third ship last Aug. Receptive. We were

on the first ship last Aug. There were three Christians on board, chief mate, an

able seaman, and a cadet. (See picture 1, the one in the middle is the chief

mate)). We all prayed together with the salvation prayer. We were on the

second ship last Nov. There were four Christians on board, captain, chief

cook, general steward, and a motorman. The crew was extremely busy. The

Mexican ship was very friendly. I gave away thirteen copies of the Spanish

N.T. and fourteen Jesus DVDs. (See picture 2 for some of the crew). Just a

short initial visit on the last ship.

7 ships on Tuesday:

AMINE BULKER, UAL ANGOLA, IZUMO PRINCESS, and UAL

CYPRUS - All Filipino; Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, and Greek;

Indonesian, Croatian, and Dutch. We visited the second ship last Dec., the

last ship last May. They all receptive.

INTREPID RELIANCE, REDWING, and SANKO HARMONY - All

Indian; Indian, Filipino, and Romanian; All Ukrainian. Only one able seaman

was Christian on the first ship. (See picture 3 for part of the crew). The third

one from the left was a Hindu. I prayed with him.

No ship visiting on Wednesday:

We had Chuck & Joan Dewing from Florida to share seafarer ministry's

vision with us in the prayer meeting tonight.

4 ships on Thursday:

GOTLAND ALIYA, SAGA MONAL, RICKMERS HAMBURG, and

ARCTIC CHAR - All Filipino; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, Romanian,

and one Chinese third officer; All Russian. We visited the second ship just

last week, the third ship last Aug. The only one Chinese seaman injured his

left knee this morning while he was climbing the stairs. I prayed with him

and kept him company for a while until he went to sleep and rest again. (

See picture 4 for he and I).

7 ships on Friday:

SKOPELOS, CHEMBULK LINDY ALICE, STOLT EMERALD,

KIRSTEN K, and CRUX J - Filipino, and Greek; One Filipino third

officer, and the rest was all Myanmar; Filipino, Croatian, Canadian, and

Dutch; Filipino, Russian, and Polish; Filipino, Indian, Russian, and

Ukrainian. We visited the second and the fourth ships last Sep. There was

one Myanmar Christian able seaman on the second ship. He was sleeping

while we were on board. (See picture 5 for the only Filipino in the middle).

(See picture 6 for the Filipino crew and us on the third ship). We visited

the last ship last Mar. There was one Indian Christian on the ship, I forgot

his rank. All receptive. Prayed with them and blessed the ships.

BW BORG, and YONGXING - Indian, and one Russian; All Chinese.

We were on the first ship last Dec. There were at least five Indian

Christians on this ship, captain, chief cook, general steward, one ordinary

seaman, and a motormen. Frank was preaching to the Chinese seamen. (

See picture 7).

Someone from FBCC came and helped the ministry today.

Please pray for Pastor Malone's grandson Tyler. As for this morning he was in

the hospital. His coughing had blood in it.



The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. (2Th. 3:18)



Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

Saturday, March 6, 2010

02/28/10 - 03/07/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 02/28/10 - 03/07/10



Grace and peace to you. (1Th. 1:1)



Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org


ships visited this week

No ship on Sunday but a sightseeing.:

Rev. Philip Vandercook, me and my wife Nancy Tao went to see the battle ship of Texas after the mission conference. (See picture 1).

6 ships on Monday:

GIOVANNI DP, BELUGA FORMATION, CLIPPER LASCO, and

NIPHA NAREE - Dutch, and Filipino; Russian, Ukrainian, and Filipino;

Indian, and one Myanmar; four Indian, and Thai. We visited the first ship

almost two years ago. There were four Indian Christians on the third ship,

captain, chief officer, third officer, and third engineer. There was one Indian

Christian on the last ship, I forgot what he was doing. prayed with them. And they all receptive.

WINONA, and JIA XING - All Romanian; All Chinese. We visited the first

ship last Jul. It was all polish crew. Most of the crew on the second ship knew

me from the previous visits on another ship especially the commissar. He

even invited me for dinner. One motorman came up to me and asked me

about the disappearing guilty feeling after the confession. I shew him 1st John

1:9. He was real happy when he left.

9 ships on Tuesday:

STAR EVVIVA, JO ASK, OMEGA PRINCE, and REF VEGA - All

Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; All Russian. We visited the first ship

last Dec., the second ship last Oct., the third ship last Oct. They all receptive.

JIA XING, and AFRICAN GLORY - All Chinese; All Chinese. Both ships

were second time revisits. I found out that the motorman I met yesterday on

the first ship was a Christian. He asked me another question about temptation.

I gave him the example of Paul and encouraged him to put his trust on Jesus.

Then we prayed together. He prayed too. He left with peace in his heart this

time.

PACIFIC INNOVATOR, GULF COBALT, and SPT NAVIGATOR -

Indian, and Filipino. Indian, Filipino, and two Romanian; All Indian. We were

on the last ship over two years ago. There were six Christians on this ship,

captain, chief cook, second officer, one able seaman, fitter, and a motorman.

I gave a ride to the able seaman and two other Hindus to the seafarers center.

We prayed in the car. (See picture 2, the able seaman is in the middle). There

were two Indian Christians on the second ship, second officer, and electrician.

(See picture 3, for a Filipino able seaman). There was only one Indian

Christian on the first ship, second officer.

5 ships on Wednesday:

W.H. BLOUNT, VANESSA C, EOT SPAR, ATLANTIC ELAND, and JIA

XING - Filipino, and Indian; Indian, Russian, and Romanian; All American;

All Russian, All Chinese. We visited the first ship lat Apr., the second ship last

Oct., the third ship last Jun., the fourth ship last Dec., and the last ship

yesterday. I took the captain and the second officer on the last ship to Almeda

Mall. Prayed and blessed the ships. All responsive.

8 ships on Friday:

MINERVA GRACE, DHONOUSSA, SAGA MONAL, and CLIPPER

GRACE - Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, and Indian;

Filipino, Indian, and Ukrainian. We visited the second ship last Jan., the third

ship over a year ago. All receptive. Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

CLIO, GETALDIC, SOCOL 5, and PEONY - Indian, and one Chinese;

All Croatian; All Russian; All Myanmar. We visited the third ship last Jun.

We were on the last ship last Jun. There were two Indian Christians on this

ship, two motormen. There were five Indian Christians on the first ship,

captain, chief cook, bosun, fitter, and an able seaman. We studied the NT

with fitter. He was asking what we need to do to enter the kingdom of God.

(See picture 4, the one in the middle is fitter). We also ministered to the only

Chinese. He was willing to accept that Jesus Christ was risen from the dead to

give us a new and eternal life.

Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.



The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1Th. 5:28)



Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

02/21/10 - 02/27/10

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



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



Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org


ships visited this week

1 ship on Sunday:

TAI BAI HAI - All Chinese. A short time revisit. Responsive.

4 ships on Monday:

KAROLINE N, MILLENNIUM FALCON, BOW CECIL, and TUXPAN

REEF - Indian officers and Filipino crew; Japanese, Korean, and Filipino;

Swedish, Norwegian, and Filipino; Polish, Ukrainian, and Filipino. We were

on the first ship last Oct. There were two Indian Christians on board this time,

one fitter and the fourth engineer. (See picture 1, the one on the far right is the

fitter, the one in the middle is a Filipino, the one on the far left is a Hindu). We

prayed together and blessed the ship. We visited the second ship last Oct.

and the third ship over a year ago. All receptive.

8 ships on Wednesday:

CLIPPER TRINIDAD, SE VERDIGRIS, DEL SOL, GIOVANNI DP,

and PANAM ATLANTICO - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and

Korean; Filipino, Italian, and Latvian; Croatian, Russian, and Myanmar. We

visited the third ship last Oct. and the fourth ship over a year ago and the last

ship last Nov. Prayed and blessed the ships. All responsive.

OCEAN PRINCESS I, STOLT VANGUARD, and BW DANUBE - All

Indian; All Indian; Filipino, One Chinese, and Indian; We were on the first ship

last Jul. There were two Christians on board, chief officer and fourth engineer.

(See picture 2 for part of the crew). We preached to a Hindu. He accepted

that salvation is free and only by God's grace through our faith, not by doing

good works. We were on the second ship over a year ago. The ship was

sailing, so it was just a short visit. There were three Christians on board, chief

cook, and two motorman. (See picture 3 for two seamen and Steven on the

ship). The third ship is from Singapore. The only Chinese was the third

engineer. (See picture 4, the one on the far right) . We all prayed together with

the English salvation prayer.

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.

2 ships on Friday:

AFRICAN GLORY, and BULKTEC - All Chinese; All Chinese. It was

the first time for both ships to come into Houston. I left my camera at home,

so, there was no picture taken today. I finished giving away all the Gospel materials I brought with me for both vessels. And I prayed with them

individually as well publicly.



The joint mission conference at WHCC starts on the 26th. The theme is "One Vision One Mission". The main speaker is George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization international. Philip Vandercook, Executive Director of Global Maritime Ministries, Inc. from New Orleans is the speaker for Seafarer's Ministry.

Please pray for this conference and for the participants who will be interested in

this Seafarer's Ministry.



Grace be with you. (Col. 4:18)



Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

02/21/10 - 02/27/10

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



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



Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org


ships visited this week

1 ship on Sunday:

TAI BAI HAI - All Chinese. A short time revisit. Responsive.

4 ships on Monday:

KAROLINE N, MILLENNIUM FALCON, BOW CECIL, and TUXPAN

REEF - Indian officers and Filipino crew; Japanese, Korean, and Filipino;

Swedish, Norwegian, and Filipino; Polish, Ukrainian, and Filipino. We were

on the first ship last Oct. There were two Indian Christians on board this time,

one fitter and the fourth engineer. (See picture 1, the one on the far right is the

fitter, the one in the middle is a Filipino, the one on the far left is a Hindu). We

prayed together and blessed the ship. We visited the second ship last Oct.

and the third ship over a year ago. All receptive.

8 ships on Wednesday:

CLIPPER TRINIDAD, SE VERDIGRIS, DEL SOL, GIOVANNI DP,

and PANAM ATLANTICO - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and

Korean; Filipino, Italian, and Latvian; Croatian, Russian, and Myanmar. We

visited the third ship last Oct. and the fourth ship over a year ago and the last

ship last Nov. Prayed and blessed the ships. All responsive.

OCEAN PRINCESS I, STOLT VANGUARD, and BW DANUBE - All

Indian; All Indian; Filipino, One Chinese, and Indian; We were on the first ship

last Jul. There were two Christians on board, chief officer and fourth engineer.

(See picture 2 for part of the crew). We preached to a Hindu. He accepted

that salvation is free and only by God's grace through our faith, not by doing

good works. We were on the second ship over a year ago. The ship was

sailing, so it was just a short visit. There were three Christians on board, chief

cook, and two motorman. (See picture 3 for two seamen and Steven on the

ship). The third ship is from Singapore. The only Chinese was the third

engineer. (See picture 4, the one on the far right) . We all prayed together with

the English salvation prayer.

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.

2 ships on Friday:

AFRICAN GLORY, and BULKTEC - All Chinese; All Chinese. It was

the first time for both ships to come into Houston. I left my camera at home,

so, there was no picture taken today. I finished giving away all the Gospel materials I brought with me for both vessels. And I prayed with them

individually as well publicly.



The joint mission conference at WHCC starts on the 26th. The theme is "One Vision One Mission". The main speaker is George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization international. Philip Vandercook, Executive Director of Global Maritime Ministries, Inc. from New Orleans is the speaker for Seafarer's Ministry.

Please pray for this conference and for the participants who will be interested in

this Seafarer's Ministry.



Grace be with you. (Col. 4:18)



Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao