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
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