05/02/10 - 05/08/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 05/02/10 - 05/08/10



Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's
son, will be with us in truth and love. (2 Jn. 3)



Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org


ships visited this week



10 ships on Monday:

STAR EAGEL, LOVELY LADY, ICE VICTORY, BANGKOK

HIGHWAY, MALENA, and ODRA - All Filipino; Filipino, and Greek;

Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, and Bulgarain; Filipino, and Polish; All Polish.

We visited the first ship last Dec. They wanted us to go back on Thursday

evening to have a Bible Study on board. (See picture 1 for part of the

crew). (See picture 2 for Fred and the third mate). (See picture 3 for some

of the crew on the second ship). We visited the last ship last Jan. All

receptive.

SKAFTAFELL, ATLANTIC NYALA, NS POWER, and CHEMBULK

WESTPORT - All Russian; All Russian; All Russian; All Myanmar. All

responsive.


8 ships on Tuesday:

LEONORA KOSAN, BOW SAGA, MAERSK MATSUYAMA, RUTH

SCHULTE, STOLT SUN, and DELTA PIONEER - All Filipino; All Filipino;

All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Greek.

We visited the fifth ship last Oct. (See picture 4 for some of the crew on the

first ship). (See picture 5 for some of the crew on the second ship). (See

picture 6, & 7 for part of the crew on the last ship).

VALCADORE, and CALEDONIA - Italian, and Indian; All Polish. We

visited the second ship over a year ago. There were four Indian Christians on

the first ship, chief cook, one able seaman, one ordinary seaman, and one

cadet. (See picture 8 for part of the Indian crew). We prayed with them, they

all receptive.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.

3 ships on Thursday:

OVERSEAS SEXTANS, ATLANTIC SYMPHONY, and STAR EAGLE

Filipino, Russian, and Chinese; Indian, and Myanmar; All Filipino. We visited

the last ship day before yesterday. Because Fred speaks Tagalog, we conducted

a Bible Study on board. We used the Gospel material "The Bridge- Lesson 6 -

Jesus is the only way." And we finished the test. They all responsive and raised

their hands to confirmed their faith in Jesus Christ. (See picture 9, & 10 for the

church on the sea - a prelude). The captain said that he liked to start a Bible

study group like this later on. I will give him the material 'The Bridge". There

was only one Indian Christian on the second ship, an able seaman. There were

two Chinese on the first ship, and we led them to accept the Lord.

Fred Go from First Baptist Church came and helped the ministry today.

4 ships on Friday:

IKAN JEPUN, HOLMEN, CHEMBULK SHANGHAI, and SOPHIE -

All Filipino; All Indian; Myanmar, German, and Russian; All Myanmar. We

were on the second ship over a year ago. There were two Christians on board,

the fourth engineer, and an able seaman. We were on the third ship last Aug.

There were three Myanmar Christians on board, second officer, third officer,

and an ordinary seaman.

Someone from FBCC came and helped the ship visitation today.

2 ships on Saturday:

IKAN ALTAMIRA, and ZETA 1 - Filipino, and Chinese; All Venezuelan.

All receptive. (See picture 11 for the first ship).

Weibing Lu from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.



We will use West Houston Chinese Church's facilities to held an International Seafarers

Concert festival on June the fifth, Saturday 6;00 pm - 9:00 pm. Please see attachment 12,

and pray for this event.



Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. (3 Jn. 15)



Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao