05/08/11 - 05/14/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 05/08/11 - 05/14/11

Grace, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
(Tit. 1:4)

ships visited this week
8 ships on Tuesday:
STAR EVVIVA, SICHEM OSPREY, FRANZ SCHULTE, STOLT
CAPABILITY, RICKMERS ANTWERP, PURWATI, SABRINA
VENTURE, and ANTAEUS - All Filipino; Filipino, Russian, and
Ukrainian; Filipino, Polish, and Estonian; Filipino, Latvian, British,
and Swedish; Filipino, Polish, Romanian, and Chinese; Indonesian,
Pakistani, and Chinese; Chinese, and Myanmar; Russian, and
Myanmar. We were on the first ship last Dec., the third ship last
Feb. (See pic. 1 for some of the crew on the fifth ship). (See some
of the crew on the seventh ship). Prayed with them and shared the
Jesus story with them. They love to accept Jesus as their friend.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
4 ships on Thursday:
CLIPPER TOBAGO, COVE ISLAND, SICHEM PARIS, and BBC
ROMANIA - Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, and Russian; Russian, and
Ukrainian; Russian, and Ukrainian. We were on the first ship last Jun.,
(See pic. 3 for part of the crew). We visited the second ship last Apr.,
the third ship last Sep., the last ship last Apr. Prayed for the ships
and blessed their crew.
2 ships on Saturday:
CHEM LEO, and TORM CAMILLA - Filipino, Indian, and Russian; All
Indian. We were on the first ship last Dec. There were five Indian
Christians on board, second mate, third engineer, two motor men, and
one able seamen. (See pic 4 for the captain on the far left). (See pic. 5
for some of the crew). We prayed with them and watched the Jesus
film with them. There were two Christians on the second ship, the
second mate, and one ordinary seaman. We had a short visit on it.
Weibin Lu from West Houston Chinese Church, Yates Lee, and David
Frankel from WHCC, META group came and helped the ministry today.

My wife Nancy has been diagnosed breast cancer three weeks ago. She is
going to start the chemotherapy next week for 24 weeks then the surgery
and radiation. Please pray for her treatment and health.

Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. (Tit.3: 15)

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


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