Saturday, March 12, 2011

03/06/11 - 03/12/11














Dear seafarer's friends, 03/06/11 - 03/12/11

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

ships visited this week
5 ships on Monday:
NORD IZUMO, BBC ROMANIA, ADAM ASNYK,
VINASHIP DIAMOND, and OCEAN BELLE - Filipino, and
Japanese; Russian, and Ukrainian; All Polish; All VietNamese;
All Chinese. We visited the second ship last Dec., the third ship
last Oct. We were on the last ship last Nov. (See pic. 1 & 2 for
part of the crew). Prayed with them and blessed the crew. All
receptive.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
4 ships on Tuesday:
LYRA LEADER, JANA, BBC PLUTO, and OCEAN BELLE
- Filipino, and Japanese; Russian, and Ukrainian; German,
Russian, and Ukrainian; All Chinese. We visited the second
ship last Jul., the last ship yesterday. Blessed the ships.
6 ships on Thursday:
QUEEN ACE, ATHENS HIGHWAY, CAVATINA, STOLT
VALOR, FPMC23, and SAT NUNKI - All Filipino; Bulgarian,
and Filipino; Swedish, and Filipino; Indian, Egyptian, and
Russian; All Chinese; All Chinese. We visited the second ship,
and the fourth ship both on last Dec. There were three Indian
Christians on the fourth ship, a pump man, a motorman, and a
wiper. There was one Christian on the fifth ship, the fourth
engineer. (See pic. 3, on the far left is the Chinese Christian
fourth engineer). (See pic. 4 & 5 for part of the crew). Prayed
with them, and they all receptive. A short visit on the last ship.
Hope the ship will stay till Saturday evening.
5 ships on Friday:
STOLT SUN, XENA, LONDON TRADER, AMAZING, and
SAT NUNKI - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Croatian, and
Russian; Filipino, Latvian, Russian, and Ukrainian; All Turkish;
All Chinese. We were on the first ship last Nov. A revisit on
the last ship. The ship may be sailing tonight, but we still hope
the Gospel team can come tomorrow on the ship. Prayed with
them and blessed them and they all receptive.
2 ships on Saturday:
VINASHIP DIAMOND, and AMAZING - All VietNamese;
All Turkish. Both ships were a revisit. Fifteen of us went to the
ships. We did personal evangelism to both. We sang Amazing
on the last ship. They wanted us to sing it again. (See pic. 6 for
our group). Blessed their crews. We gave them Scriptures and
Jesus DVDs. They were responsive.
Just like last week, Fort Bend Community Church sent more
(twelve) people, Wenwu He, Yi Zhang, Xiang Ouyang, Jenny
Ye, Esmond Li, Cao Zhao, Shawn Tan, Chun Li, Tony
Yeung, Deming Mao, Ke Wang, and one anonymity to help this
ministry. Yingdau Lu from Houston Chinese Church Payton
Huang from WHCC also came and helped the visitation today.

The dock reports will be stopped for two weeks, because Nancy
and I, Sandy and Yingdau Lu are going to Manila for the World
Seafarers Mission Conference. This report will resume after March
29.

Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
(Eph. 6:24)

Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

Saturday, March 5, 2011

02/27/11 - 03/05/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 02/27/11 - 03/05/11

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

ships visited this week
6 ships on Monday:
STAR FLORIDA, SHIRAKAMI, and SAFMARINE KWANZA
- All Filipino; All Filipino; All Ukrainian. We were on the first
ship last Oct., the second ship last Aug., the last ship last Dec.
Prayed with them and blessed the ships. Receptive.
JIA XING, SAT NUNKI, and SILVER PHOENIX - All
Chinese; All Chinese; Indian, and one Chinese. A revisit on the
first ship from two weeks ago. (See pic. 1 for the captain on the
left). We were on the second ship last Nov. There were five
Indian Christians on the last ship, chief cook, second cook,
second officer, one ordinary seaman, and electrician. (See pic. 2
for some of the Indian crew on board). (See pic. 3 for the only
one Chinese third engineer on the ship). Steven was
evangelizing him. he was very close to salvation.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
7 ships on Tuesday:
TARGALE, EGS TIDE, SCM FEDRA, and TORM
MOSELLE - All Russian; Indonesian, and Ukrainian; Filipino,
Russian, and Croatian; All Indian. We visited the first ship last
Apr., the third ship last Sep. There were four Indonesian
Christians on the second ship, second mate, third engineer, one
ordinary seaman, and one motorman. There were five
Christians on the last ship, chief cook, second cook, bosun,
fitter, and electrician. (See pic. 4 for part of the crew). Prayed
with them and blessed the crew.
DA PENG HAI, C.S. RAINBOW, and WAVE FRIEND - All
Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese. (See pic. 5 for part of the
crew on the first ship). (See pic. 6 for some of the crew on the
crew on the last ship). There were two believers on board.
Preyed with them and blessed their families.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry again
this week.
2 ships on Wednesday:
C.S. RAINBOW, and IKAN ALTAMIRA - All Chinese;
Filipino, Chinese, Myanmar, and Ghanaian. Took four seamen
(See pic. 7) to Wal Mart. Prayed with them and gave them
Bible, Jesus film, and Christian testimonial materials. An initial
visit on the second ship.
7 ships on Thursday:
NS SILVER, NORTHERN WOLVERINE, ACM DAISY,
FAABORG, and NCC SUDAIR - All Russian; All Russian; All
Ukrainian; Russian, and Filipino; Russian, Indian, and Filipino.
We visited the fourth ship last Jan. A Filipino seaman wanted
me to pray for him and his family on the last ship. All receptive.
EAGLE KLANG, and NORDOCEAN - Indian, Filipino, and
three Chinese; Filipino, Peruvian, Sri Lanka, Polish, Romanian,
Bulgarian, and one Chinese. There were two Indian Christians
on the first ship, a motorman, and a pump man. (See pic. 8 for
Chinese second mate on board). We prayed together and
blessed the crew. (See pic. 9 for the only Chinese engine cadet
on the far left on the second ship). Prayed with him and for
the ship.
10 ships on Friday:
LAKE HAKONE, AS ORELIA, ATLANTIC FALCON,
ONEGTO CHINOOK, GASCHEM BALTIC, RICKMERS
SINGAPORE, KENT SUNSET, and IKAN ATAMIRA - All
Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Korean; Filipino, and Polish;
Filipino, German, and Polish; Filipino, Sri Lanka, and
Romanian; Filipino, Dutch, Ukrainian, and Russian; Filipino,
Chinese, Myanmar, and Ghanaian. We were on the sixth ship
last Oct. A revisit on the last ship. Prayed with them and they
all responsive.
MARIENBORG, and CLIPPER GOLPITO - All Thai;
Myanmar, and Croatian. There were two Myanmar Christians
on the second ship, fourth engineer, and an able seaman.
1 ship on Saturday:
IKAN ATAMIRA - Filipino, Chinese, Myanmar, and Ghanaian.
This time was a revisit. Ten of us were singing and witnessing
to the Chinese crew. We also did the personal evangelism to
four individuals including a Filipino electrician. (See pic. 10, the
one on the left is the chef cook). (See pic. 11, the one on the
right is an cadet). Prayed with them and blessed their families.
The response was positive.
This month is the Mission Month for Fort Bend Community
Church. Jason Chow, Sulisa Lo, Kun Liu, Powei Feng, Tianmu
Zang, Gordon Ruan, Chaoran Yang, and one anonymity from
FBCC. Some of them are students from Rice Univ. And
Yingdau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and helped
the ministry today. (See pic. 12 & 13)

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




























































































































































































































































































Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074