10/31/10 - 11/06/10

Dear seafarer's friends, 10/31/10 - 11/06/10

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lore Jesus
Christ. (Gal. 1:4)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week

7 ships on Monday:

MAERSK DRUMMOND, CAP SAN RAPHAEL, AURETTE

A, ATLANTIC CANYON, IRIS VICTORIA, COUGA, and

ETERNAL CONFIDENCE - Ukrainian, Polish, and Filipino;

All Kiribati; All Turkish; All Indian; All Indian; All Chinese; All

Chinese. We visited the third ship a year before last Jan. We

were on the sixth ship last Aug. (See pic. 1 for the able seaman

at the gangway). We prayed the salvation prayer. A revisit on

the last ship. There were four Christians on the fourth ship,

bosun, chief cook, a cadet and an able seaman. (See pic. 2 for

some of the crew). There were eight Christians on the fifth ship,

chief cook, pump man, one able seaman, three motorman,

second officer, and fifth engineer. (See pic. 3 for some of the

crew on board). Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

7 ships on Tuesday:

DANIELLA, MALENA, MAERSK HARMONY, and

RICKMERS TOKYO - Filipino, and Dutch; Filipino, Polish,

and Russian; Filipino, Indian, and Sri Lanka; Filipino,

Romanian, Chinese, and Sri Lanka. We visited the first ship

last Jan., the second ship last May, the third ship last Dec.,

the last ship last Jan. (See pic. 4 for the Chinese third engineer

on the left). There were three Indian Christians on the third

ship, captain, chief officer, and second engineer. We prayed

for the ship, and they were all receptive. (See pic 5 for two of

of the crew).

BBC ONTARIO, MINANUR CEBI, and PACIFIC

PARADISE - All Russian; All Turkish; All Chinese. We visited

the second ship last Nov. A very short visit on the last ship

because the ship was sailing.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visiting

today.

7 ships on Thursday:

ASIAN TOMORROW, MALTE B, GRACE II, and SHIPPAN

ISLAND - All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and

Korean; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian. We visited the second

ship last Apr. Prayed with them, and they all receptive.

ALMA, EMIRATESW STAR, and EAGLE SYDNEY - All

Ukrainian; Indian, and Indonesian; Indian, Chinese, Ukrainian,

and Malaysian. We were on the second ship a year before last

Sep. There were two Indian Christians on board, one able

seaman, and fifth engineer. (See pic. 6 for the Christian able

seaman on the right). He prayed with me with tears in his eyes.

He said he had a bad habit of smoking. I prayed for him to

have a good habit instead. There were two Indian Christians

on the last ship, third engineer and a pump man. (See pic. 7

for some of the crew, with the Christian pump man in the

middle). (See pic. 8 for the Chinese second officer, Ukrainian

captain, and Indian chief officer from left to right). They all

receptive.

7 ships on Friday:

AGIOS EMILIANOS, ZIA BELLE, AFRICAN CAMELLIA,

BLUE JADE, MAERSK ERIN, NAVIG8 LEFKARA, and

HAI CHANG - All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino,

and Korean; Filipino, and Indian; All Indian; All Chinese. We

visited the second ship last Sep., the fourth ship a year before

last Sep. We were on the last ship two years before last May.

We just took an initial visit on the ship. (See pic. 9 for some of

the crew on board). There were four Christians on the sixth

ship, chief cook, general steward, fitter, and one oiler. (See pic.

10 for some of the crew). Prayed with them and they were all

receptive.

Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the visitation today.
2 ships on Saturday:
HAI CHANG, and OCEAN BELLE - All Chinese; All Chinese. A
revisit on the first ship. (See pic. 11 for part of the crew). Prayed
with them and they were responsive. We were on the second ship
last Mar. There were two Christians on board, captain and chief
cook. (See pic. 12 for the captain in the middle). (See pic. 13 for
Gary, chief cook, Dennis, and Jeng from left to right). Chief cook
said to us that he always tell others that he hasn't seen anybody
else come to the ship but Christians with Scriptures and literature
to give away in the world he travels. He meant to tell everyone
that Christianity is a true religion. Halleluiah.
Gary Durfey, missionary from L.A. to Thailand, Dennis Jen from
Lakewood Church, and Jeng Liang from Mosaic Church came
and helped the ministry today.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
(Gal. 6:18)

Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao