04/24/11 - 04/30/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 04/24/11 - 04/30/11

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
(1Ti. 1:2)

ships visited this week
10 ships on Monday:
CENTURY PEARL, CLIPPER ENDEAVOUR, KEN UNITY,
FERMITA, INFINITY RIVER, SHIPPAN ISLAND,
MEDITERRANEAN HIGHWAY, CLIPPER CARIBE, BBC
THAMES, and CLIPPER LANCER - All Filipino; All Filipino;
All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino,
and Bulgarian; Filipino, Croatian, and Myanmar; Filipino, Russian,
and Ukrainian; All Russian. We visited the first ship a year before
last Jul., the sixth ship last Dec., the eighth ship last Jan., the last
ship a little bit over two weeks ago. Prayed with them and blessed
the ships. Gave away Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
3 ships on Tuesday:
BEIHAI, HUI AN, and GOLDEN MILLER - All Chinese; All
Chinese;Filipino, Russian, and Myanmar. We were on the first ship
two years before last Feb., and the last ship last Aug. (See pic. 1
for some of the crew on the first ship). Prayed with a sick fitter. He
was transporting from the ship to the hospital because of severe
stomach pain. (See pic. 2 for part of the crew on the second ship).
Shared the Gospel with three seamen. The name of Jesus worked
as a dynamite. They wanted Jesus to be their best friend and Lord.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
9 ships on Thursday:
PANNONIA G, MTM HAMBURG, HAMAJACQUINLINE, and
PIRIN - Romanian, and Italian; Myanmar, and Russian; All Indian; All
Bulgarian. We visited the second ship last Feb., and the last ship last
week. (See pic. 3 for the Romanian seaman). There were two
Christians on the third ship, chief cook and bosun. (See pic 4, bosun is
on the right). Took two seamen to Seafarer Center on the last ship.
KEN UNITY, STAR FLORIDA, BBC THAMES, RICKMERS
HAMBURG, CHEMBULKYOKAHAMA - All Filipino; All Filipino;
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Chinese, Romanian, and
Ukrainian; Filipino, Myanmar, Indian, and Hungarian. A revisit on the
first ship and the third ship. We were on the second ship last Feb., the
fourth ship last Dec., the last ship a year before last Nov. Prayed and
blessed the ships.
4 ships on Friday:
JO ACER, ZIA BELLE, QUEEN ACE, and IKAN ALTAMIRA -
All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, Japanese, and Korean; Filipino,
Ghanaian, Polish, and Chinese. We visited the second ship last Nov.,
the third ship last Mar. We were on the last ship last week. They all
have shore passes. Just to find out if they can come to church Sunday
Morning.
3 ships on Saturday:
IKAN ACAPULCO, BBC NORTHSEA, and GLOBAL ACE - All
Filipino; Russian, Ukrainian, German, and Latvian; All Chinese. We
were on the first ship three weeks ago, the last ship last Jul. (See pic.
5 for the captain on the left and the chief mate on the right). Two
minutes before I arrived the ship, a ship chandler called me and told me
the captain is a Christian and he wanted to see a pastor and he wanted
to getbaptized if possible. I got on the ship, had met with the captain
and explained a little bit about baptism to him. He called out the chief
mate, the second mate and the third mate to his room and asked me to
preach to them. I briefly shared the Gospel to them and asked them
to received Jesus into their hearts. We simply did the salvation prayer
and they accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Then I
baptized the captain in front of his comrades. Praise the Lord.

Grace be with you. (1Ti. 6:21)

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

04/17/11 - 04/23/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 04/17/11 - 04/23/11

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

ships visited this week
3 ships on Sunday:
KASTRO, TAI PROSPERITY, and ATLANTIC MIGHT - Filipino,
Ukrainian, and Greek; All Chinese; Chinese, and Filipino. We had
been on both second, and last ships last week. I took the
captain and the third engineer to Best Buy and Wal Mart in the
evening. (See pic. 1, captain is on the left). Prayed for them and
their ship. I took four seamen from the second ship to WHCC this
morning. (See pic. 2 for all of them). We went to China Town
and Best Buy after lunch. Then we went back to the ship.
8 ships on Monday:
MAIROULI, CFL PROSPECT, CLIPPER MISTRAL, and
SKOMNAER - All Filipino; Filipino, and Ukrainian; Filipino, and
Russian; All Russian. Prayed and blessed the ships. Passed away
Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
TRAPEZEZITZA, MAHA JACQUELINE, SONGA WINDS, and
TAI HEALTH - All Bulgarian; All Indian; Indian, Russian, and
Maldivian; All Chinese. We were on the third ship a year before
last May. There were three Christians on the second ship, chief
cook, bosun, and an ordinary seaman. There were three Indian
Christians on the third ship, chief mate, fourth engineer, and a
pump man. (See pic. 3 & 4 for part of the crew on the last ship).
Shared Gospel with the third engineer. He joyfully received
Jesus into his heart. Prayed and blessed the ships. All receptive.
6 ships on Tuesday:
ATLANTIC DIANA, MEDEA, BBC TEXAS, HANNA C,
TRANSIVERIA, and STOLT VANGUARD - All Filipino; Filipino,
and Bulgarian; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Latvian,
Ukrainian, and Polish; Romanian, and Polish; All Indian. We were
on the first ship last Jun., and the last ship last Jul. There were
four Christians on the last ship, general steward, motorman, one
able seaman, and one ordinary seaman. (See pic. 5 for some of
the crew). Prayed with them and blessed the ships.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
1 ship on Wednesday:
TAI HEALTH - All Chinese. They don't have shore pass. This
was just a revisit. I just got there before she had sailed and
delivered the thing they wanted.
6 ships on Thursday:
OCEAN PRISM, CHEM ANTARES, THOR LIGHT, CHONG
MING, ASHIYA STAR, and PIRIN - All Filipino; Filipino, and
Ukrainian; All Ukrainian; All Chinese; All Chinese; All Bulgarian.
We visited the third ship last Nov. We were on the fourth ship
a year before last Sep. This was an initial visit this time. (See pic.
6 for some of the crew on the fifth ship). Prayed with them
about their families and blessed the ships.
5 ships on Friday:
ULTRA ACE, IKAN ALTAMIRA, GOLDEN MIA, CHONG MING,
and OCEAN EXPORTER - All Filipino; Filipino, Ghanaian, and
Chinese; Korean, Myanmar, and Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese.
We were on the second ship two weeks ago, the third ship last
Dec., the fourth ship a year before last Sep. (See pic. 7 for some
of the crew on the third ship). (See pic. 8 for the oiler and Payton
on the fourth ship). Prayed and blessed the ships. Receptive.
Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
4 ships on Saturday:
COVE ISLAND, FAABORG, KATHARINA, and OCEAN
EXPORTER - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Russian, and
Ukrainian; All Romanian; All Chinese. We were on the first ship
last Feb., the second ship last Mar. the third ship a year before
last Mar. A revisit on the last ship. (See pic. 9, for part of the
crew on the last ship). (See pic. 10 for the captain, in the middle,
and the chief mate on the right). Shared Gospel with the captain.
He willingly accepted Jesus Christ into his heart, and cast his
burden upon the Lord. Praised the Lord.
Denis Jen from Lake Wood Church came and helped the ministry
today.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. (2Th. 3:18)

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

04/10/11 - 04/16/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 04/10/11 - 04/16/11

Grace and peace to you. (1Th. 1:1)

ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
STAR HERDLA, VEGA SPRING, HARBOUR FEATURE, and
TAIXING - All Filipino; Indian, and one Russian; All Ukrainian;
All Chinese. We were on the first ship last Jun. This was just
an initial visit. There were six Christians on the second ship,
captain, chief mate, chief cook, general steward, third engineer,
and an ordinary seaman. (See pic. 1 & 2 for part of the crew).
(See pic. 3, the chief cook to the left, and the g.s. to the right).
Prayed and blessed the ships. All receptive.
2 ships on Tuesday:
TROMA, and TAIXING - All Filipino; All Chinese. This was
a revisit on the second ship. (See pic. 4 for one of the crew).
We were stopped by the commissar not to go into the mess
room. So we delivered the Scripture and Jesus DVD on the
deck. Prayed with the first ship and blessed the crew.
5 ships on Thursday:
FLINTERSTREAM, VEGA SPRING, RICKMERS DALIAN,
ATLANTIC MIGHT, and HONG HING - Dutch, and
Indonesian; Indian, and one Russian; Filipino, two Chinese,
Romanian, and German; Filipino, and Chinese; All Chinese. We
were on the second ship last Monday. This was a revisit. We
visited the third ship a year before last Aug. We were on the
fourth ship last Feb. (See pic. 5 & 6 for some of the crew on
board). Shared with them about Jesus. There were two seamen
willing to accept Jesus as their friends. (See pic. 7 for some of
the crew on the last ship). Prayed with them and blessed the
ship.
7 ships on Friday:
BOW ANDINO, UBC BALBOA, SEABOARD AMERICA,
BBC VIRGINIA, ESNA, CESTENI, and TAI PROSPERITY -
All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, and
Ukrainian; All Egyptian; All Turkish; All Chinese. We were on
the sixth ship last May. Prayed and blessed the ships.
Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry
today.
5 ships on Saturday:
CHEMBULK HONG KONG, BBC ROMANIA, ATLANTIC MIGHT,
TAI PROSPERITY, and JIN ZHOU - All Indian; Russian, and
Ukrainian; Filipino, and Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese. We
were on the first ship a year before last Jan., the second ship
last Mar. the third ship two days ago, the fourth ship yesterday,
the last ship a year before last Jul. There were five Christians on
the first ship, chief engineer, fourth engineer, and three
motorman. (See pic. 8, for part of the crew on the fourth ship).
(See pic. 9 for some of the crew on the last ship). Shared
Gospel with the captain, not much advancement.
Ying Dau Lu from HCC came and helped the ministry today.
3/22 - Steven Chao went to visit two ships, Heng Chang - All
Chinese; and Bangkok Highway - Filipino, and another country,
while I was in Manila.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1Th. 5:28)

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

04/03/11 - 04/09/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 04/03/11 - 04/09/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father. (Col. 1:2)

ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
HOHERIFF, XANTHOS, SSI PRIDE, and NEVERLAND
DREAM - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Ukrainian, and
Greek; Filipino, Ukrainian, Russian, and Turkish; Indian,
Bulgarian, and Italian. We were on the first ship last Jan.
Prayed and blessed the ships. They all receptive.
11 ships on Tuesday:
SCARLETT, HORIZON LEADER, NANUK, SAFMARINE
TEXAS, IKAN ALTAMIRA, and ONEGO ST.
PETERSBURG - All Filipino; Filipino, and Bulgarian; Filipino,
and Polish; Filipino, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian; Filipino,
Chinese, Myanmar,and Ghanaian; Filipino, Dutch, Ukrainian,
and Russian. We visited the fourth ship last Jan. We were on
the fifth ship last month. Prayed with them and blessed the
crew.
CS AZALEA, TESSA PG, BBC ANGLIA, BBC
CARIBBEAN,and TINA LITRICO - S. Korean, and
Indonesian; British, and Guinean; All Russian; All Russian;
All American. We visited the second ship last Jun., the third
ship a year before last Nov., the fourth ship last May. All
receptive.
6 ships on Thursday:
JO KASHI, PEGASUS HIGHWAY, SEABOARD PACIFIC,
IKANMANZANILLO, IKAN ALTAMIRA, and
WLADYSLAWORKAN - All Filipino; Japanese, and Filipino;
Polish, and Filipino; Chinese, and Filipino; Chinese, Ghanaian,
and Filipino; Polish, and Nigerian. We were on the first ship a
year ago. We visited the second ship last Dec. the third ship
lst Feb. We were on the fourth ship last Jul. (See pic. 1 & 2
for part of the crew). Prayed with them and blessed the ships.
A revisit on the fifth ship. (See pic. 3 for some of the seamen).
Someone from FBCC came and helped the ministry today.
2 ships on Friday:
MARIE, and FPMC 24 - All Myanmar; All Chinese. We were
on the first and the second ship both in last Dec. There was
one Myanmar Christian on the first ship, a wiper. (See pic. 4
& 5 for some of the crew on the second ship). Shared the
Gospel with the second mate and an engine room cadet. The
second mate received, but the cadet declined. Blessed the
ships.
5 ships on Saturday:
STAR FRASER, BOW FERTILITY, IKAN ACAPULCO,
PULA, and CLIPPER LANCER - All Filipino; All Filipino;
All Filipino; All Croatian; All Russian. We were on the first
ship last Feb., the third ship a year before last Aug., the last
ship a year before last Jun. There was a church on the third
ship. They have Bible Study on board once or twice a week.
The leader is the second mate, his name is Sagith Joy S.
Alegarbes. Everybody call him Bro. Joy. He told me he
took the training "Church on the Ocean" from Martin Otto
in Manila. And he knows Victor, who picked me up at the
Manila Airport to attend the HIM (Harbor International
Ministries) Mission Conference three weeks ago. They are all
members of SCFS (Seamen's Christian Friend Society). I
gave them many copies of Scriptures. What a wonderful
and glorious gathering. (See pic. 6, the one on the far left is
Bro. Joy).

Grace be with you. (Col. 4:18)

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

03/27-11 - 04/02/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/27/11 - 04/02/11

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

ships visited this week
5 ships on Thursday:
PRETTY LADY, LACANAU, BOW SUMMER, CIC BRASIL,
and AFRICAN SUN - All Filipino; French, and Filipino;
Norwegian, and Filipino; Russian, and Filipino; All Indian. We
visited the first ship two years ago, the second ship last Nov.
Prayed with them and blessed their crew. There were six Indian
Christians on the last ship, chief mate, second mate, third
engineer, chief cook, and two wipers. (See pic. 1, chief cook in
the middle, chief mate on the right). Prayed for them, and
blessed the ship. All receptive.
2 ships on Friday:
STOLT GROENLAND, and BBC HOLLAND - Filipino,
Russian, and Indian; Russian, and Ukrainian. We were on the
second ship a year before last Oct. Blessed the ships. Receptive.

(See pic. 2 - 8 for some of the highlights at the World Seafarers
Mission Conference held by Harbor International Ministry & Seamen
Christian Friends Society, Manila, 3/19/11 - 3/23/11)

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
(Php. 4:23)

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