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