03/28/10 - 04/03/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/28/10 - 04/03/10



Grace, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. (Tit. 1:4)



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ships visited this week

6 ships on Monday:

STAR AMERICA, FLORAL LAKE, MARINA ACE, RHEINGAS, CHEM ALYA, and OCEAN BELLE - All Filipino; Filipino, and Korean; Filipino, and Korean; Filipino, Russian, Croatian, and German; Indian, and Turkish; All

Chinese. We were on the fourth ship last Jul., and the fifth ship last Jan., and

the last ship last Sep. There was one Christian on this Chinese ship, the

captain. It's meant to be an initial visit at first, but it ended up with an one hour

fellowship with the captain. I got to know a little bit more about his religious

background background and we prayed together. He wanted more Christian

literature. I promised to bring them to him tomorrow.

3 ships on Tuesday:

OCEAN BELLE, HANJIN HOUSTON, and SICHEM MANILA - All

Chinese; Filipino, and Korean; All Indian. It's a revisit from yesterday for the

first ship. We brought lots of magazine and literature to the captain and the

crew. Of course the Scripture and Jesus DVD to the ones who don't have

them. There were five Christians on the last ship, chief cook, general steward,

third engineer, assistant engineer, and an able seaman. (See picture 1 for the . chief cook on the left, and picture 2 front right). We prayed together.

Someone from FBCC came and helped the ministry.

4 ships on Wednesday:

STENA CONCEPT, THOR NEPTUNE, KARAWEIK, and

STELLENBOSCH - All Indian; All Thai; All Chinese; All Myanmar. We

were on the first ship last Sep., the second ship last Dec., and the last ship

last Jun. There were four Christians on the first ship, third engineer, junior

engineer, pump man, and an able seaman. (See picture 3 for part of the crew,

Christian able seaman is the second from the right). We prayed and I

blessed the crew and the ship. (See picture 4 for part of the crew on the

Chinese ship, captain is on the far left). There were 21 on board. They all

had the Gospel materials. There were two Christians on the Myanmar ship,

second officer and an able seaman. (See picture 5, the middle one is the

second officer). They also prayed with me with the salvation prayer.

9 ships on Thursday:

JO EIK, STAR GRIP, BALLAD, BBC ALASKA, RICKMERS

ANTWERP, and JADE C - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Swedish;

Filipino, Indian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, one Chinese, and Romanian;

Filipino, Ukrainian, Romanian, and the captain is from Finland. We visited

the first ship over a year ago, the second ship last Jan., the fourth ship last

Dec. We were on the fifth ship last Oct. (See picture 6 for the only one

Chinese ordinary seaman). I gave him the Scripture, Jesus DVD, Gospel

materials, Christian literature, and prayed with him. He said this was the

first time he saw a Chinese on this journey.

THOR LEADER, ROSBORG, and ATLANTIC GRACE - All Ukrainian; Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Turkish; All Indian. We visited the second ship last Nov. We were on the last ship last Sep. There was only one Christian

on board, the second engineer. (See picture 7, the Christian on the right,

chief cook on the left). Prayed with the Christian, and he wanted me to

pray for him again.

4 ships on Friday:

LINGE TRADER, BOW STAR, CLIPPER AYA, and MEGACORE

HONAMI - Filipino, and Ukrainian; Filipino, and Norwegian; Indian, and

two Russian; Indian, and one Filipino. We visited the first ship last Dec. We

were on the third ship last Jan. There were five Indian Christians on board,

general steward, chief engineer, pump man, motorman, and a cadet. (See

picture 8 for Payton and part of the crew). (See picture 9 for Payton and the

captain). There were two Indian Christians on the last ship, an able seaman,

and a pump man. (See picture 10 for the Filipino on the far left, the Indian

pump man on the far right).

Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.



Pastor Malone came back home from the hospital on Wednesday. He lost 30 lb.

because the fluid was accumulated in his legs. He looked skinnier but healthy.

Please keep on praying for him and his legs.



Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. (Tit. 3:15)



Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao