Saturday, May 21, 2011

05/15/11 - 05/21/11






Dear seafarer's friends, 05/15/11 - 05/21/11

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(Phm. 3)

ships visited this week
3 ships on Monday:
ZHONG CHI, JPO DELPHINUS, and FALDERNTOR - All
Chinese; Filipino, and Ukrainian; Filipino, and Ukrainian. We
were on the last ship last Jan. There was one Christian on the
first ship, the chief cook. (See pic. 1 for part of the crew on the
first ship). Prayed with them and shared the story of Jesus with
them.
2 ships on Tuesday:
GOLDEN TOPSTAR, and CHANG HANG TAN SUO - Filipino,
Russian, and Chinese; All Chinese. We were on the last ship a year
before last Nov. Feb. (See pic. 2 for part of the crew). Prayed with
them and shared the Gospel with them. A few of them accepted the
plan of Salvation.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
11 ships on Thursday:
ATLANTIC PROMISE, SEABOARD CHILE, CAPTAIN
MARKOS NL, OSC ROTTERDAM, and STOLT SAPPHIRE -
All Filipino; Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, and Croatian; Filipino,
Polish, Dutch, and Croatian; Filipino, Latvian, Norwegian, Vietnamese,
Indian, Chinese, and Polish. We were on the second ship last Jan., the
third ship last Dec., the fourth ship a year before last Mar., the last ship
last Oct. (See pic. 3 & 4 for some of the crew). Prayed for the ships
and blessed their families.
SCHACKENBORG, PARANDOWSKI, STOLTVINLAND,
NAVIOS STAR, TEAM PROGRESS, and DEL SOL - Polish, and
Thailand; All Polish; Russian, and Ukrainian; All Russian; All Russian;
Vietnamese, and Chinese. We visited the first ship last Jan., the
last ship a year before last Feb. I left the Scriptures and Jesus films
on boards and blessed the ships.
5 ships on Friday:
HOHERIFF, VICTORIA, KAREN C, DA FU, and TONGHAI -
Filipino, and Russian; Romanian, and Lithuanian; Romanian, Ukrainian,
and Polish; All Chinese; All Chinese. We visited the first ship last Apr.
An initial visit on the fourth ship. (See pic. 5 for the assistant third
mate on the last ship). Prayed with them and blessed the ships.
4 ships on Saturday:
NUNUKAS, ISABELITA, BBC VERMONT, and CHEMICAL
MARINER - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; All Indian.
We were on the third ship last Sep., the last ship a year ago. There
were two Indian Christians on board, chief mate, and one cadet. (See
pic 6 for part of the crew on the last ship). Prayed for them and for
their families. (See pic. 7 for some of the crew on the third ship).
Yingdau Lu, Yeizhung Ho, and Yaohui Lu from HCC came and
helped the ministry today.

My wife Nancy has been diagnosed breast cancer a month ago. She is
taking chemotherapy for the following 24 weeks including this week, then
the surgery and radiation. Please pray for her treatment and health.

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

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


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

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