Saturday, January 29, 2011

01/23/11 - 01/29/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 01/23/11 - 01/29/11


Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of

God and of Jesus our Lord. (2 Pet. 1:2)


ships visited this week

1 ship on Sunday:

CHIPOLBROK STAR - All Chinese. A revisit on the ship. Met

with the chief engineer and gave him the certificate of Baptism.

Please pray for his faith in the Lord.

5 ships on Monday:

BANDURA, STAR FUJI, SINGELGRACHT, RICKMERS

SHANGHAI, and PEACE SUCCESS. All Russian; All Filipino;

Russian, Filipino, and Dutch; Filipino, Romanian, and two

Chinese; All Chinese. We were on the second ship last Nov.,

the fourth ship last Sep., the last ship last Jul. We visited the

third ship a year before last May. Prayed with them and

blessed the crew. Receptive.

4 ships on Tuesday:

HOUMA BELLE, BERNORA, CHAMPION TRADER, and

PEACE SUCCESS - All Filipino; All Indian; All Indian; All

Chinese. We were on the second ship last Aug. There were

two Christians on board, electrician, and a motorman. (See pic.

1 for some of the crew). We were on the third ship last Jul.

There were two Christians on board, an engine cadet, and a

deck cadet. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew). Prayed with

them and blessed the crew. A revisit on the last ship. (See pic.

3 for the captain on the left, and the chief engineer on the

right). I talked to both of them. The chief engineer was more

receptive than the captain.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.

2 ships on Wednesday:

PU TUO HAI, and NEW BLESSING - All Chinese; All

Chinese. (See pic. 4 for some of the crew on the first ship).

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

6 for the chief cook on the left, and the general steward on the

right). (See pic. 7 for the captain on the right and the chief mate

on the left). Prayed with them. Receptive.

2 ships on Thursday:

CYAN PHOENIX, and NORTHERN LIGHT - All Chinese;

All Chinese. (See pic. 8 for some of the crew on the first ship).

(See pic. 9 for the chief cook on the right). Prayed with them

and blessed the crew. Receptive. We took the chief engineer to

Wal Mart. It's a revisit on the last ship. (See pic. 10 for two of

the crew on board. The one on the far right is the chief

engineer. He is a believer). There were two Christians on board.

The other one was an oiler. We took the chief engineer and the

electrician to the Seafarer Center.

Someone from FBCC came and helped the ministry today.

6 ships on Friday:
YASA BODRUM, STOLT ISLAND, OSLO BULK 3, IKAN

SEPAT, NEW BLESSING, and SABRINA SCAN - All

Turkish; All Russian; All Russian; Chinese, Filipino, one

Ghanaian, and one Myanmar; All Chinese; All Chinese. We

were on the first ship last Oct. (See pic. 11 for some of the

crew). We visited the second ship last Aug. A revisited on the

fourth ship and the fifth ship. There was one Christian on the

last ship, the third mate. (See pic. 12, the second from the right

is the third mate). I took the fourth engineer to Best Buy.

Prayed with them. All receptive


To him be glory both now and forever! (2 Pet. 3:18)


Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao

www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

Saturday, January 22, 2011

01/16/11 - 01/22/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 01/16/11 - 01/22/11


Grace and peace be yours in abundance. (1 Pet. 1:2)


The ship we visited last Saturday, CMB EDOUARD, has a Bible

Study group which meets every Sunday, led by the captain. The

nationality of the crew is all Filipino.


ships visited this week

4 ships on Monday:

AUK ARROW, CHEMBULK BARCELONA, ETERNAL

FORTUNE, and NORDPORT - All Indian; All Indian; Filipino,

and Korean; Filipino, Bulgarian, Russian, Polish, Sri Lanka,

and one Chinese. There were three Christians on the first ship,

one able seaman, third engineer, and a deck helper. We were

on the second ship a year before last Jul. There were two

Christians on board, chief cook, and bosun. (See pic. 1 for part

of the crew). (See pic. 2 for part of the crew on last ship, the

one in the middle is the Chinese cadet). Prayed with them and

blessed the ships. All receptive.

7 ships on Tuesday:

BBC PORTUGAL, BBC GIBRALTAR, VALDIVIA, and

BOW CEDAR - Russian, and Filipino; All Russian; All Polish;

Filipino, and Norwegian. We visited the first ship last Nov., the

second ship last Oct. Prayed with them and blessed the ships.

Receptive.

TOP FAIR, STELLA ALNILAM, and LIAN XING HU - All

Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese. It was just an initial visit on

the first ship. I met an old friend of mine. I told him I will

come back tomorrow again. (See pic. 3 for the captain, on the

left, and the second officer on the second ship). (See pic. 4 for

some of the crew on the same boat. Second row on the left is

the chief cook. First row sits on the right is an able seaman).

We had dinner on this ship. We were on the last ship a year

before last Oct. (See pic. 5 for part of the crew). Prayed with

them and blessed the crew.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.

4 ships on Wednesday:

NORDIC HELSINKI, OSC VLISTDIEP, TOP FAIR, and

NORTHERN LIGHT - Russian, and Latvian; Dutch, Filipinon

and Croatian; All Chinese; All Chinese. We visited the first ship

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

The second one from the right is my old friend). We were on

the last ship a year before last Mar. Blessed the ships.

Receptive.

10 ships on Thursday:

MERCINI LADY, STOLT FACTO, HELLESPOINT

TROOPER, CLIPPER ANN, BELUGA FESTIVAL,

SEABOARD CHILE, and GASCHEM HUNTE - All Filipino;

All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian;

Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, Russian, and German. Prayed

with them and blessed the crew. Receptive.

TOP FAIR, HISTRIA PRINCE, and OVERSEAS BERYL -

All Chinese; All Romanian; Russian, and Ukrainian. It's a revisit

on the first ship. I met my old friend and prayed with him again.

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

a year before last Aug. Blessed the ships.

Someone from FBCC came and joined the ministry today.

6 ships on Friday:
INDUSTIAL ACHIEVER, CONSTITUTION SPIRIT,

HOHERIFF, SITEAMLEADER, SKANDERBORG, and

TIANLONG SPIRIT - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and

Russian; Filipino, Russian, and Latvian; Thai, and Polish;

Indian, Polish, Croatian, and Italian. We visited the first ship a

year before last Dec., the fifth ship a year before last Sep.

There were four Indian Christians on the last ship, a pump man,

second officer, chief cook and bosun. (See pic. 7 & 8 for some

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

Receptive.

Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry

today.

2 ships on Saturday:

GLOBAL VANGUARD, and CHIPOLBROK STAR - All

Filipino; All Chinese. We were on the last ship last Aug. (See

pic. 9 for the captain, the second from the left). Prayed with

him and blessed the ship. (See pic. 10 for the chief engineer,

the one in the middle). I asked him did you read the Bible? He

said yes. I asked him do you believe in Jesus? He said yes. I

asked him do you want to get baptized? He said yes. So we

prayed with him and baptized him.

Feng Yan Dang from FBCC, and Dennis Jen from Lakewood

Church came and helped the ministry today.


Peace to all of you who are in Christ. (1 Pet. 5:14)


Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao

www.lifelinetoseamen.org

832-775-5074

Saturday, January 15, 2011

01/09/11 - 01/15/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 01/09/10 - 01/15/11


Greetings


ships visited this week

1 ship on Sunday:

ATLANTIC MAJESTY - Chinese, Filipino, and one Myanmar.

I took seven Chinese seamen and the Myanmar electrician to

WHCC this morning. Five people made their decisions to come

to the Lord. We went to shopping in the afternoon. (See pic. 1)

Steven Yeboah took 2 seamen, chief cook, and bosun, to his

church last night.

10 ships on Monday:

TILDA KOSAN, MOLESON, BBC RIO GRANDE, and

CHEM PEGASUS - All Filipino; Filipino, and Croatian;

Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Bulgarian, and

Ukrainian. We visited the first ship a week ago, the third ship

a year before last Oct. Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

TORM HELSINGOR, CLIPPER OCEANICA, ALGOA BAY,

BBC MARMARA, FALDERNTOR, and TRANS IBERIA -

All Indian; All Indian; All Myanmar; All Ukrainian; Russian,

and Ukrainian; Norwegian, Polish, and Romanian. There were

four Christians on the first ship, two able seamen, one

motorman, and one cadet. (See pic. 2, the one in the middle is

one of the two able seamen). (See pic. 3 for some of the other

seamen). There were four Christians on the second ship, two

able seamen, one ordinary seaman, and one wiper. (See pic.

4 for one AB, the second one from the left, and the OS, the one

on the far right). We were on the second ship a year before last

Aug., the third ship last Sep. We visited the last ship a year

before last Mar. Prayed with them and blessed the ships.

Receptive.

8 ships on Tuesday:

STAR EAGLE, GEIRANGER, NASSAU SPIRIT,

ERIKOUSSA, TRANSSIB BRIDGE, and CAPELLA - All

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

Filipino, and Greek; All Russian; All Russian. We were on the

first ship last Nov. We visited the fourth ship a year before

last Feb. (See pic. 5 for the chief cook, in the middle, and the

general steward, on the very right on the second ship). (See pic.

6 for part of the crew on the same ship, captain is on the far

left). Prayed with them and shared the faith with them.

All receptive.

INDIGO FELICITY, and DA YUAN HU - All Chinese; All

Chinese. (See pic. 7 & 8 for some of the crew on the first ship).

(See pic. 9 for the chief cook, the one on the very left, and the

general steward, the one on the very right on the last ship.

Prayed with them and blessed the ships.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry

today.

2 ships on Thursday:

IKAN SEPAT, and PAC DENEB - Chinese, Filipino, one

Ghanaian, and one Myanmar; Chinese, Filipino, and two

Myanmar. We were on the first ship last month. (See pic. 10

for the captain and pic. 11 for some of the crew on the last

ship). Prayed with them and blessed the ships.

Steven Yeboah took 3 seamen to his church and I took one to

International Seafarer Center.

4 ships on Friday:
EAGLE MILAN, SAGITTARIUS LEADER, UNIVERSAL

AMSTERDAM, and CHEM PEGASUS - All Indian; All

Indian; Filipino, and Romanian; Filipino, Bulgarian, and

Ukrainian. We were on the first ship last Aug. There were two

Christians on the second ship, an able seaman, and bosun. (See

pic. 12 for some of the crew watching the Jesus DVD). Prayed

with them and blessed the crew. All receptive.

5 ships on Saturday:

E.R. BILBAO, CMB EDOUARD, LYNX, TOPFLIGHT, and

CLIPPER OCEANICA - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and

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

the third ship a year before last Aug., the fourth ship last Nov.

We were on the last ship last Monday. There were four

Christians on board. (See pic. 13 for part of the crew). (See pic.

14 for part of the crew on the third ship). Prayed with them.

Receptive.

Jian Wang from American Chinese Fellowship, Yong Sheng He,

and Ying Dao Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and

helped the ministry today.


Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org


Grace be with you all. (Heb. 13:25)


Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao

Saturday, January 8, 2011

01/02/11 - 01/08/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 01/02/11 - 01/08/11


Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ. (Phm. 3)

ships visited this week

10 ships on Monday:

TILDA KOSAN, BASIC RELIANCE, CHEMTRANS SUN,

BANGKOK HIGHWAY, SAFMARINE TEXAS, IKAN

ALTMIRA, BBC ALABAMA, and SIGLOO ENDURANCE -

All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and

Bulgarian; Filipino, Ukrainian, and Bulgarian; Filipino, Chinese,

and one Myanmar captain, and one Ghanaian electrition;

Filipino, Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish; Filipino, Russian,

Sri Lanka, and two Chinese. We visited the third ship a little

bit over two years ago, the fourth ship last Nov., the fifth ship

last Oct. We were on the second ship last Sep., the sixth ship

last Nov. (See pic. 1 for some of the crew on board). We were

on the last ship just last month. This time was only a revisit.

Prayed with some of them and blessed the ships. Receptive.

DARIA, and BLUE SPIRIT - All Polish; Russian, and

Ukrainian. All responsive.

6 ships on Tuesday:

IRON KNIGHT, TOCCATA, UZAVA, BBC POLONIA,

CLIPPER CARIBE, and YAN DANG HAI - All Filipino;

Filipino, Ukrainian, and Estonian; Latvian, Lithuanian, and

Russian; Russian, German, and Ukrainian; Croatian, and

Myanmar; All Chinese. We visited the fifth ship last Aug.

(See pic. 2 for some of the crew on the first ship. Captain is

on the far left). (See pic. 3 for some of the crew on the last

ship. Captain is on the far left). Prayed with them and blessed

the ships.

Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry

today.

1 ship on Wednesday:

FORMOSA SEVEN - All Chinese. We were on this ship last

Aug. There was one Christian on board, the second officer.

Actually he is the assistant chief officer. (See pic. 4 for some

of the crew, the assistant chief officer sits in the very front).

Prayed with them and for their families. All receptive.

8 ships on Thursday:

SEABOARD PERU, LINGE TRADER, CAROLINE SCAN,

ATLANTIC MAJESTY, and RICKMERS JAKARTA -

Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Russian,

and Ukrainian; Filipino, Chinese, and Myanmar; Filipino,

Romanian, Chinese, and Sri Lanka. We visited the second

ship last Nov. We were on the fourth ship last Jan., the last

ship last Aug. (See pic. 5 for some of the crew on the fourth

ship). (See pic. 6 for the Filipino chief engineer, the one on

the far left, and us). He is going home within a week or so,

and he gave me his phone number, so I can contact him when

I go to Manila in March 19-23 for the World Mission

Conference. Prayed with them and blessed the ships. The

whole crew was very receptive. When I asked a Chinese

able seaman, "do you believe in Jesus?" he said, "here in this

boat we all believe.

Someone who doesn't want his name to be mentioned from

FBCC came and helped the ministry today.

8 ships on Friday:
DIAMOND GLORY, STAR SAVANNAH, FAABORG,

MARINA ACE, BEECH GALAXY, ATLANTIC MAJESTY,

RICKMERS JAKARTA, and BW BOSS - All Filipino; All

Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Korean; Filipino,

and Indian; Filipino, Chinese, and Myanmar; Filipino,

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

Ukrainian, Latvian, and Norwegian. We visited the first ship

last Sep., the third and the fourth ships last Nov. There was

only one Indian Christian on the fifth ship, an ordinary

seaman. (See pic. 7, the one in the middle is the O.S.) Prayed

with them and blessed the crew. A revisit on both the sixth

and the seventh ships. Made arrangement for Steven Yeboah to

pick them up to church tomorrow night on the sixth ship.


Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you spirit. (Phm. 25)


Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao

Saturday, January 1, 2011

12/26/10 - 01/01/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 12/26/10 - 01/01/11


Grace, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

(Tit. 1:4)

Our web-link is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org

ships visited this week
1 ship on Friday:
DIKLO - All Croatian. We visited the ship two years before last

Oct. Receptive.



In the year of 2,010 we visited 1,156 ships. Among them:
Sole Chinese crew - 161 ships; Mixed Chinese crew - 109 ships.
Sole Filipino crew - 143 ships; Mixed Filipino crew - 441 ships.
Sole Indian crew - 101 ships; Mixed Indian crew - 126 ships.
Sole Russian /or Ukrainian crew - 70 ships; Mixed Ru. /or Uk crew - 145 ships.
Sole Turkish crew - 25 ships; Mixed Turkish crew - 6 ships.
Sole Polish crew - 16 ships; Mixed Polish crew - 48 ships.
Sole Myanmar crew - 19 ships; Mixed Myanmar crew - 56 ships
Sole Thai crew - 6 ships; Mixed Thai crew - 2 ships.

Sole Romanian crew - 5 ships; Mixed Romanian crew - 51 ships.

Sole Indonesian crew - 4 ships; Mixed Indonesian crew - 10 ships.

Sole Bulgarain crew - 2 ships; Mixed Bulgarain crew - 22 ships.

Sole Croatian crew - 2 ship; Mixed Croatian crew - 15 ships.

Sole Korean crew - 1 ship; Mixed Korean crew - 20 ships.

Sole Malaysian crew - 1 ship; Mixed Malaysian crew - 7 ships.

Sole American crew - 9 ships.
Sole Peruvian crew - 4 ships.

Sole Venezuelan crew - 2 ships.

Sole Greek crew - 1 ship.

Sole Kiribati crew - 1 ship.

Sole Sri Lanka crew - 1 ship.

Sole Honduras crew - 1 ship.

Sole Mexican crew - 1 ship.
Sole Ecuadorian crew - 1 ship.

Sole Mexican crew - 1 ship.

People met: Chinese - 1,750; American - 10
Filipino - 1,020; Peruvian - 12
Indian - 850; Sri Lanka - 10
Russian /or Ukrainian - 255
Turkish- 90; Latvian - 5
Polish - 70; Mexican - 5
Myanmar - 90; Ecuadorian - 5
Thai - 25; Croatian - 6
Bulgarian - 19; Bangladesh - 2
Korean - 18; Malaysian - 12
Romanian - 20; Kiribati - 2


Have a happy New Year.


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

3: 15)


Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao