10/24/10 - 10/30/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/24/10 - 10/30/10

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

Our web-link is www.lifelinetoseamen.org


ships visited this week

6 ships on Monday:

B. EUROPA, and BOMADIC BERGEN - Ukrainian, and

Filipino; Romanian, and Fiji Islanders. All responsive.

WIENIAWSKI, FANTASTIC, POAVOSA WISDOM, and

MAHANADI SPIRIT - All Polish; All Turkish; All Chinese; All

Indian. We visited the first ship last Nov. We were on the last

ship last Jun. There were three Christians on board, Third officer,

second cook, and an able seaman. (See pic. 1 for some of the

crew). (See pic. 2 for some of the crew on the third ship). The

response on the second ship was first negative. Amazingly

enough, right before I jumped into the car and started to drive,

they wanted those Turkish Scriptures and Jesus DVDs back.

Praise the Lord.

7 ships on Tuesday:

FANY, and SITEAM JUPITER - Filipino, and Korean; Filipino,

Myanmar, and Croation. We visited the first ship two years

before last Sep. Blessed the ships. Responsive.

NORDIC HELSINKI, ADAM ASNYK, CLIPPER MAKISHIO,

EL CONDOR PASA, and LISA J - All Russian; All Polish; All

Indian; All Myanmar; All Chinese. We visited the first ship last

Jul., the second ship last Jan., the third ship last May. There were

two Christians on board, one able seaman, and one oiler. There

were three Christians on the fourth ship, chief cook, thrid officer,

and electric engineer. An initial visit on the last ship. Prayed with

them and blessed the crew.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the visitation today.

4 ships on Thursday:

BBC COLORADO, BOW FAITH, PORT STANLEY, and LISA

J - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Norwegian; All Chinese;

All Chinese. We visited the first ship one year before last Apr. A

revisit on the last ship. (See pic. 3 for some of the crew on board

). (See pic. 4 & 5 for some of the crew on the fourth ship. Pic 5

is in the engine room. The third one from the left is a Christian

cadet). Prayed with them and they all receptive.

Alfredo Go from Houston's First Baptist Church came and

helped the ministry today.

3 ships on Friday:

LISA J, LE DING, and ETERNAL CONFIDENCE - All Chinese;

All Chinese; All Chinese. A revisit on the first ship. We were on

on the last ship last Dec. (See pic. 6 for some of the crew on

board). I took eight seamen to Best Buy, and prayed with them

in the car. They were all receptive. There was one Christian on

the second ship, the third engineer. (See pic. 7). I prayed with

him and encouraged him. He was full of joy when I left.



May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2Co. 13:14)


Your brother In Christ Thomas Tao

10/17/10 - 10/23/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/17/10 - 10/23/10

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

Our web-link is www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week

6 ships on Monday:

ANCASH QUEEN, STAR FLORIDA, NIDA, ATLANTIC MONTERREY,

JIA LI HAI, and TOP RICH - All Filipino; All Filipino; All Polish; Filipino,

Myanmar, Singaporean, Ghananian, and Chinese; All Chinese;

All Chinese. We visited the third ship last Aug. We were on the

fourth ship last month, the last ship a year before last Mar. (See

pic. 1 &2 &3 for some of the crew. The one on the right on pic.

1 &2 is the chief cook). I prayed with him, and he was receptive.

A revisit on the fifth ship.

4 ships on Tuesday:

OCEAN TITAN, NORMANDIE, JIN ZHOU HAI, CLIPPER

TRIUMPH - All American; All Polish; All Chinese; All Chinese.

We visited the first ship two years before last Mar. We were on

the third ship last Apr., the last ship last Dec. (See pic. 4 for the

seaman on the third ship). (See pic. 5 for part of the crew on the

last ship). Prayed with them and blessed the ships.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.

7 ships on Thursday:

MERCHANT, MAERSK CASSANDRA, and BBC MONTANA -

All Filipino; Filipino, and Swedish; Filipino, Ukrainian, and

Myanmar. We visited the first ship one year before last Nov., the

last ship last Feb. All responsive.

ERRIA HELEN, BBC GIBRALTAR, UAL CONGO, and UAL

CYPRUS - All Polish; All Russian; All Russian; Indonesian, and

Dutch. We visited the second ship last Jul., the third ship two years

before last Jun., the last ship last Aug. All receptive.

4 ships on Friday:

MOUNT MCKINNEY, ORCHID OCEAN, OCEAN FORTUNE,

and MAERSK VALUE - All Filipino; Filipino, and Korean; All

Ukrainian; Indian, Filipino, and one Chinese. (See pic. 6 for some

of the crew on the first ship). There were three Korean Christians

on the second ship, second mate, third mate, and third engineer.

(See pic. 7 for part of the crew on the second ship). There were

two Indian Christians on the last ship, fitter and third engineer.

Prayed with them and bless the crew. Receptive.

Alfredo Go from Houston First Baptist Church and Payton Huang

from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.




The new address for Lifeline to Seamen, Inc. is:
10924 Lasso Ln.
Houston, Tx. 77079
The new phone number is:
832-582-5909

The new cell phone number is:
832-775-5074


May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2Co. 13:14)


Your brother In Christ Thomas Tao

10/10/10 - 10/16/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/10/10 - 10/16/10

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1Co. 1:3)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org



ships visited this week

2 ships on Sunday:

IKAN SELANGAT, and JIA XING - Filipino, Singaporean, and Chinese; All

Chinese. A revisit on both ships. I took seven seamen, six from the first ship

and one from the second ship to WHCC for worship, Sunday School and

personal evangelism this morning. (See pic. 1 for the whole group in front of

WHCC). Afterward, we went to China Town and Shopping. Chief engineer

from the first ship raised his hand for salvation today.

4 ships on Monday:

SEABOARD PACIFIC, GASCHEM ADRIATIC, YASA BODRUM, and

POS GLORY - Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, German, Latvian, and Ukrainian;

All Turkish; All Chinese. We visited the first ship last Jun. We were on the

third ship last Apr. (See pic. 1 for part of the crew on the ship). They treated

us the Turkish tea. (See pic 2 for part of the mixed crew on the second ship).

Ministered to the Filipino group and prayed with them. A revisit on the last

ship again. We took the chief cook to shopping after he treated us a dinner.

Alfredo Go from Houston's First Baptist Church came and helped the ships'

visitation today.

9 ships on Tuesday:

STOLT SISTO, S. FACIFIC, REBECCA, and YELLOWSTONE - Filipino,

and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Russian, Ukrainian, and Latvian; Myanmar,

Polish, and South Africa. We visited the second ship a year before last Dec.,

the third ship last Aug., the last ship last Feb. All receptive.

GAN-TROPHY, SINGAPORE STAR, JIA XING, SHI DAI 3, and

RICKMERS SINGAPORE - All Turkish; All Indian; All Chinese; All Chinese;

Romanian, Sri Lanka, Ukrainian, Filipino, and Chinese. There were two

Christians on the second ship, the third engineer and a motorman. (See pic. 2 &

3 for some of the crew). A revisit on the third ship. We were on the fourth ship

two years before last May. (See pic. 4 for part of the crew. The second from

the left is the captain). We prayed with him with the salvation prayer. (See pic. 5

for one of the only two Chinese on the last ship.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry this afternoon..

4 ships on Thursday:
CARRY, ONEGO FIGHTER, CLIPPER STAR, and BW THAMES - All

Turkish; Filipino, and German; Filipino, and Spanish; Filipino, and Indian. There

were two Indian Christians on the last ship, Captain and chief engineer. (See pic.

6 for the Filipino chief cook on the left and the Indian chief mate on the right).

They were all receptive.

4 ships on Friday:

STAR KIRKENES, DORADO LEADER, SELENDANG SARI, and SHI DAI

3 - All Filipino; Filipino, Indian, and Bengalese; Filipino, Indian, and Chinese.

All Chinese. We visited the third ship last Jun. There were three Indian Christians

on board, chief mate, bosun, and one cadet. (See pic. 7, the second one from the

left is the Chinese chief engineer. The third one from the left is the Indian chief

mate). Prayed with them, and they all receptive.

1 ship on Saturday:

JIA LI HAI - All Chinese. (See pic. 8 & 9 for part of the crew. The one the

third from the right on pic. 9 is the captain). We ministered to the crew and the

captain. They had a lot of questions. We answered them from the Scripture.

They were all receptive.

Ying Dau Lu, Jia Lin Sun, James Shao, and Anthony Wu from HCC came and

helped the ministry today.


Mark Malone is the present of Lifeline to Seamen, Inc. and Tony Chao is the

vice present. Please pray for them and their families.


The new address for Lifeline to Seamen, Inc. is:
10924 Lasso Ln.
Houston, Tx. 77079
The new phone number is:
832-582-5909

The new cell phone number is:

832-775-5074
The mailing and parcel address for LTS is:
P.O. box 79809
Houston, Tx. 77279-9809


The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.
(1Co. 16:23,24)


Your brother In Christ Thomas Tao

10/03/10 - 10/09/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/03/10 - 10/09/10


Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. (Jude. 2)


Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org



ships visited this week

1 ship on Sunday:

POS GLORY - All Chinese. A revisit. I took two seamen, chief cook and an

oiler, to WHCC for worship, Sunday School and personal evangelism this

morning. Afterward, we went to China Town and Shopping.

4 ships on Monday:

SEABOARD PACIFIC, GASCHEM ADRIATIC, YASA BODRUM, and

POS GLORY - Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, German, Latvian, and Ukrainian;

All Turkish; All Chinese. We visited the first ship last Jun. We were on the

third ship last Apr. (See pic. 1 for part of the crew on the ship). They treated

us the Turkish tea. (See pic 2 for part of the mixed crew on the second ship).

Ministered to the Filipino group and prayed with them. A revisit on the last

ship again. We took the chief cook to shopping after he treated us a dinner.

Alfredo Go from Houston's First Baptist Church came and helped the ships'

visitation today.

4 ships on Tuesday:

JO ASK, CLIPPER VICTORY, ST. GEORG, and POS GLORY - All

Filipino; Filipino, and Norwegian; Ukrainian, Myanmar, and Croatian; All

Chinese. We visited the first ship last Mar., the second ship last Apr., the third

ship a year before last May. The sixth times visit on the last ship. All receptive.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.

3 ships on Thursday:
STAR GRIP, SICHEM MANILA, and ALPINE ATHELIA - All Filipino;

Filipino, Indian, and Croatian; Indian, and Romanian. We visited the first ship

last Aug., the second ship last Jul. (See pic. 3 for some of the crew on the

second ship. The one on the second from the right is the chief cook, the one on

the far right is the general steward). Prayed with them and for the crew. They

were all receptive. (See pic. 4 for a seaman on the third ship).

Pastor Jonathan Ling from HCC came and helped the ministry today.

10 ships on Friday:

NAVIOS PRIMAVERA, STOLT SAPPHIRE, BANGKOK HIGHWAY,

UAL RODACH, and MAEMI II - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino,

and Bulgarian; Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, and Indian. We visited the third ship

last May, the fourth ship two years before last May. Prayed with them, all

receptive.

NILS B, SAFMARINE TEXAS, GASCHEM BERGEN, PRETTY WORLD,

and JIA XING - Filipino, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian; Filipino, Ukrainian, and

Bulgarian; Filipino, German, and Latvian; Filipino, Russian, and Chinese; All

Chinese. We visited the first ship two years before last Aug., the second ship

last Aug. the third ship a year before last May. We were on the last ship last

Mar. It was just an initial visit today. (See pic. 5 for part of the crew). Prayed

with them and bless the crew.

2 ships on Saturday:

IKAN SELANGAT, and JIA XING - Filipino, Singaporean, and Chinese; All

Chinese. We were on the first ship last month. They will have some people to

go to church with us tomorrow. A revisit on the second ship. (See pic. 6, one

seaman with us). Ministered to the commissar, the seed was planted.

Dennis Jen from Lakewood Church came and helped the ship visitations today.


Life Line to Seamen, Inc. had a board meeting on September 26 at WHCC. The

board elected Mark Malone as the present of the board and Tony Chao as the

acting vice present of the board. Please pray for them and their families.


The new address for Lifeline to Seamen, Inc. is:
10924 Lasso Ln.
Houston, Tx. 77079
The new phone number is:
832-582-5909

The new cell phone number is:

832-775-5074
The mailing and parcel address for LTS is:
P.O. box 79809
Houston, Tx. 77279-9809


To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious
presence without fault and with great joy - to the only god our Savior be glory,
majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages now
and forevermore! Amen.. (Jude. 24,25)


Your brother In Christ Thomas Tao

09/26/10 - 10/02/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 09/26/10 - 10/02/10


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

1 ship on Sunday:

HAWKE BAY> n>> n>n style="font-size: 12pt;"> - A revisit. I took six seamen

to WHCC for worship this morning

including the chief engineer. Payton took them to shopping and back to the ship

in the afternoon. (See pic 1 for all of them at WHCC).

Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry a great deal today.

6 ships on Monday:

ATLANTIC DAISY, SIAN C, REINA ROSA, ALPINE MADELEINE,

NORDANA SOPHIE, and JIN XING LING - All Filipino; Filipino, and

Ukrainian; Filipino, and Japanese; Filipino, Indian, and Ukrainian; All Thai; All

Chinese. There was one Indian Christian on the fourth ship, an able seaman.

(See pic. 2 for part of the crew on the ship). Prayed with them. (See pic 3 for

the Chinese able seaman on the right on the last ship). Prayed with him and

blessed the ship.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ships' visitation today.

6 ships on Thursday:
EVITA-K, LAPIS ARROW, NAVIGATOR NEPTUNE, MAESTRO LION,

LOUISE, and POS GLORY - All Filipino; Filipino, and Ukrainian; Filipino,

Polish, and Russian; Filipino, British, and Russian; Indian, and Ukrainian; All

Chinese. There were three Christians on the fifth ship, chief cook, one able

seamen, and fitter. (See pic. 4 for some of the crew on the fifth ship. The

one in the middle is the chief cook). Prayed with them and for their families.

They were receptive. An initial visit on the last ship.

4 ships on Friday:

SIMANO, BBC HOUSTON, AEGEAN WAVE, and POS GLORY - Filipino,

and Russian; All Russian; All Indian; All Chinese. There was one Christian on the

third ship, a motorman. (See pic. 5 for me and the chief cook). A revisit on the

last ship. (See pic. 6 for part of the crew, the chief cook is on the far right and

the oiler is in the middle). I took both of them to Best Buy. Prayed with them.

2 ships on Saturday:

SITEAM EXPLORER, and POS GLORY - Filipino, Indian, Polish, and

Romanian; All Chinese. A revisit on the second ship. (See pic. 7, the one in the

middle is the captain). We ministered to him and he was very close to salvation.

(See pic. 8 for three of us, today's Gospel team).

Jeng Liang from Mosaic Church, Dennis Jen from Lakewood Church came

and helped the ship visitations this afternoon.


The new address for Lifeline to Seamen, Inc. is:
10924 Lasso Ln.
Houston, Tx. 77079
The new phone number is:
832-582-5909

The new cell phone number is:

832-775-5074
The mailing and parcel address for LTS is:
P.O. box 79809
Houston, Tx. 77279-9809


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


Your brother In Christ Thomas Tao