07/24/11 - 07/30/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/24/11 - 07/30/11

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

ships visited this week

7 ships on Monday (07/25):


Vessel Name


Nationalities


Activities


CAMELLIA

ACE


All Filipino


Prayed and blessed the ship.


OCEAN

ALLIANCE


All Filipino


(See pic. 1 for the chief cook on the right). Prayed and blessed the crew.


JAN VAN

GENT


Filipino, and Dutch


Left the Gospel materials.


SAFMARINE

ANGOLA


Filipino, and Bulgarian


Left the Scriptures and materials.


RICKMERS

TOKYO


Filipino, Romanian, Polish, and
Chinese


We were on the ship last Nov. (See pic. 2 for one of the two Chinese crew on board). Prayed with him to receive Jesus in his heart.


MARIE


All Myanmar


We were on this ship last Apr. There were two Christians on board, an able seaman and a wiper. (See pic. 3 for the able seaman in the middle). Prayed with them and blessed the ship.


TAOKAS

WISDOM


All Chinese


(See pic. 4 for the captain, the one on the right, on board). He is willing to accept the Gospel in his heart.


Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came helped the ministry today.





6 Ships on Tuesday (07/26):

ELEGANT VICTORIA


Filipino, and S. Korean


(See pic. 5 for some of the Filipino crew).

ATLANTIC MAJESTY


Filipino,

Chinese,

Indian,

and Ghanaian


We visited the ship last Jan. I took three seamen to Best Buy while Steve was preaching to others on board. (See
pic. 6 for some of the crew on board).

GENMAR AGAMEMNON


Filipino, Indian, Croatian, Portuguese,

and Russian


We were on the ship a year before last Sep. (See pic. 7 for part of the crew on the ship). Gave them the Gospel materials and blessed the crew.

FIESTA


Filipino, Ukrainian,

Sri Lanka,

Russian, and Maldivian


Prayed, blessed their families and the crew.

EAGLE ATLANTA


All Indian


A short visit on board.

SANTA CLARA B


All Peruvian


Left the Scripture and Jesus films on board.

Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.


2 Ships on Thursday (07/28):

ATLANTIC MIGHT


Filipino, and Chinese


We were on this ship last Apr. (See pic. 8 for part of the crew). Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

Steve took thirteen seamen to his church and then went shopping.

MARATHA

PROVIDENCE


All Indian


There were three Christians on board, one able seamen, bosun, and the third engineer. (See pic. 9 for some of the crew).

Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church, someone from Ford Bend Community Church, and
Steve Yeboah from Christ First Healing Church came and helped the ministry today.

4 Ships on Friday (07/29):

ATLANTIC MIGHT


Filipino, and Chinese


A revisit on the ship. We took three Chinese seamen to Wal Mart and prayed with them in the car.

MARATHA

PROVIDENCE


All Indian


A revisit on the ship. (See pic. 10 for some of the crew). Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

PONDO


Filipino, Myanmar, and Bengalese


There were two Myanmar Christians on board, one able seaman and one wiper. (See pic. 11 for part of the crew).

ANDROMEDA


Indonesian, and Croatian


We visited this ship two years ago. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board.
Jason Skinner from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

Please pray for Nikki Wallace, she is a 29 years old woman, has leukemia, under chemo treatment at MD Anderson.

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

07/17/11 - 07/23/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/17/11 - 07/23/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the L ord Jesus
Christ. (2Co. 1:2)

ships visited this week
8 ships on Monday:
MEDI OSAKA, STOLT BRELAND, CHEM LEO,
GLORIOUS SAWARA, SLUISGRACHT, and ALPINE MIA
- All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino,
and Chinese; Filipino, Russian, and Dutch; Filipino, Indian, and
Russian. We visited the third ship last May. There were four
Indian Christians on board, third mate, one able seaman, and
two motormen. We were on the last ship a year before last
May. There were five Indian Christians on board, third mate,
second engineer, fifth engineer, one motorman and one able
seaman. Prayed with them and blessed the ships. (See pic. 1
& 2 for part of the crew on the fourth ship). I took four
Chinese to Wal Mart and Best Buy. One of them, the second
mate is a Christian. (second one from the right in pic. 2).
GREAT BLOSSOM, and CLIPPER GOLFITO - All Chinese;
Myanmar, Croatian, and Russian. We visited the second ship
last Mar. (See pic. 3 & 4 for some of the crew on the first ship).
7 ships on Tuesday:
BBC SKYSAILS, MARCELA LADY, LASCAUX, and
LUCY SNUG - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian;
Filipino, and French; Filipino, Romanian, and Italian. We
visited the second ship last Aug. There were about three born
again Filipino Christians on board, we didn't meet all of them,
and they don't have a Bible study group on the ship. We
watched the Jesus film with them and prayed with them. (See
pic. 5 for some of the crew on board).
CRISTINA L, EOT SPT, and AN CHANG - Greek,
Ukrainian, Indonesian, and Chilean; All American; All Chinese.
(See pic. 6 for part of the crew on the first ship). Gave them
the Gospel materials and blessed the ships.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came
and helped the ministry today.
1 ship on Wednesday:
AN CHANG - All Chinese. A revisit on the ship. Had a nice
talk with the captain. He is a Buddhist but very open to the
Christianity. Watched the Jesus film with them and prayed
with them.
Thursday:
Ying Dau Lu and I went to Freeport, Texas to attend a mission
conference held by Port Ministries International. (See pic. 7).
Friday:
Ying Dau Lu and I went to the conference again. We met many
port chaplains from different states of the US. (See pic. 8 & 9).

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2Co. 13:14)

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

07/10/11 - 07/16/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/10/11 - 07/16/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ. (1 Co. 1:3)

ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
IKAN ACAPULCO - All Filipino. I took two seamen,
Aries the able seaman and Jesse a wiper to West Houston
Chinese Church for English Sunday School and Worship
Service. Then we went to Best Buy in the afternoon. We
prayed before we depart from each other.
8 ships on Monday:
DIAMOND GLORY, AS ELBIA, SHIPPAN ISLAND,
and SEABOARD RELIANCE - All Filipino; All Filipino;
Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Indian, and Polish. We visited
the first ship last Jan., the third ship last Apr., the last ship last
Aug. Prayed with them and blessed the ships.
VIL ATLANTIC, ADAM ASNYK, PORT MOUTON, and
FULL RICH - Russian, and Sri Lanka; All Polish; All Chinese;
All Chinese. We visited the second ship last Mar., the last ship
last Aug. (See pic. 1 for some of the crew on the last ship,
second one from the right is bosun). (See pic. 2 for the captain
second one from the right). We shared the Gospel with the
ones in the second pic. They all agreed to pray the salvation
prayer with us. An initial visit on the third ship.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and helped
the ministry today.
4 ships on Tuesday:
BW PRINCE, GULF PEARL, VALLOMBROSA, and
PORT MOUTON - All Filipino; Filipino, Romanian, Indian,
and Bengalese; Italian, and Indian; All Chinese. We were on
the first ship a year before last Aug., the last ship yesterday.
(See pic. 3 for part of the crew on the second ship). (See pic.
4 & 5 for some of the crew on the last ship). Hsiao Ping
was trying to shared the Gospel to them, wishing all of them
could be saved by his talk. It was close.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came
and helped the ministry today.
5 ships on Thursday:
STAR EVVIVA, MARITIME TAESHIO, SCARLET IBIS,
RICKMERS SINGAPORE, and NS POWER - All Filipino;
Filipino, and Korean; Filipino, Indian, and Ukrainian; Filipino,
Romanian, and Sri Lanka; All Russian. We visited the first ship
last May. (See pic. 6 for part of the crew on board). Prayed
with them and blessed the ship. (See pic. 7 for some of the
crew on the third ship. The one sits there is the captain.) We
were on the fourth ship last Mar. (See pic. 8 for one Sri Lanka
on the left and one Filipino on the right on board). Prayed with
them and blessed the crew. We visited the fifth ship a year
before last May.
8 ships on Friday:
VICTORIA KOSAN, OVERSEAS SPINOS, MAEMI II,
COVE ISLAND, SITEAM LEADER, TAGUS, AZOV SEA,
and SKAFTAFELL - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and
Indian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Russian, and Latvian;
Filipino, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish; All Russian; All
Russian. We visited the first ship just a year ago, the third ship
last Oct. (See pic. 9 the chief engineer in the middle, pic. 10
the one on the far right). This Filipino chief engineer's name is
Ireneo Pavis. He took the seminar of the Church on the Ocean
from the Philippines. Philip Vandercook in New Orleans
emailed me to contact Ireneo, so I came. This was amazing. We
were on the fourth ship last May, the fifth ship last Jan., the last
ship a year before last May. Prayed with them and blessed the
ships.
Someone from FBCC came and helped the ministry today.
2 ships on Saturday:
HARBOUR CLOUD, and MEGAN C - Filipino, and Russian;
Filipino, Russian, and Romanian. We visited the first ship two
years before last May. (See pic. 11 & 12 for some of the crew).
Prayed for the ship and blessed the crew. Gave them Scriptures
and Jesus DVDs.
Ying Dau Lu,and Janet Shiu from HCC came and helped the
ministry today.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in
Christ Jesus. Amen. (1 Co. 16: 23, 24)

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

07/03/11 - 07/09/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/03/11 - 07/09/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord
Jesus Christ. (Rom. 1:7)

ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
B HANDY - All Chinese. I took seven seamen including the
captain and the chief cook. Then we went to China Town
and Wal Mart in the afternoon.
Steve Yeboah took five seamen to his church and go shopping
afterwards last Saturday evening.
4 ships on Monday:
KENT SUNSET, BBC MARMARA, LIAN SHENG HU, and
B HANDY - Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; All Ukrainian;
All Chinese; All Chinese. We visited the first ship last Mar., the
second ship last Jan., the third ship last Sep., the last ship
yesterday. (See pic. 1 for some of the crew on the third ship).
Prayed with them and blessed the ships.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and helped
the ministry today.
11 ships on Tuesday:
STAR FLORIDA, ASTRO SATURN, ENERGY PIONEER,
GARNET LEADER, and CHEM ANTARES - All Filipino;
Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and
Ukrainian; Filipino, Ukrainian, and Turkish. We were on the
first ship last Apr. (See pic. 2 for part of the crew on board).
Prayed with them and blessed the ship. We were on the last
ship last Apr. An able seaman helped me fixed my flat tire.
WIENIAWSKI, NICOLA, DIKLO, LIVORNO EXPRESS,
ARISTO RIVER, and B HANDY - All Polish; All Polish;
All Croatian; All Indian; All Chinese; All Chinese. We were
on the first ship last Oct., the third ship last Dec., the fifth ship
last week, and the last ship yesterday.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came
and helped the ministry today.
5 ships on Thursday:
SPILIANI, CLIPPER TOBAGO, FRIDA MAERSK,
GIZEMDENIZ SULTAN, and CHIPOLBROK GALAXY
- All Filipino; Filipino, and Polish; Filipino, Indian, Swedish,
Russian, and Latvian; All Turkish; All Chinese. We visited
the second ship last May. (See pic. 3 for part of the crew on
the first ship). Prayed with them and blessed the ships.
6 ships on Friday:
SCM FEDRA, CLIPPER KAMOSHIO, CHEMTRANS
WESER, NORDIC HELSINKI, BBC GIBRALTAR, and
YACU TASKI - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Korean;
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Russian, and Latvian; All
Russian; All Peruvian. We visited the first ship last May, the
fourth ship and the fifth ship last Jan. (See pic. 4 for the second
officer on the fourth ship). Prayed with him and blessed the ship.
Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
5 ships on Saturday:
STAR KIRKENES, SUNBAY, IKAN ACAPULCO,
MALTE B, and HR INDICATION - All Filipino; Filipino, and
Korean; All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Russian, and
Lithuanian. We visited the first ship last Oct. (See pic. 5 for some
of the crew. The one in the middle is the captain). Prayed for the
ship and blessed the crew. We were on the third ship last May.
Brother Joy left for home a month ago. The able seaman Aries
took his place to be the leader of the church on the ocean class.
We visited the fourth ship last Dec. Delivered the Scriptures and
Jesus DVDs.
Weibin Lu from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Rom. 16:20)

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

06/26/11 - 07/02/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 06/26/11 - 06/02/11

Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is
to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from
Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the
dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. (Rev. 1:4,5)

ships visited this week
7 ships on Monday:
FATIH, SEQUOIA, BBC MARYLAND, DIEZEBORG, SOCOL 3,
STOLT ISLAND, and TORM LOIRE - All Filipino; All Filipino;
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian;
Russian, and Ukrainian; All Russian; All Indian. We visited the
sixth ship last Jan. There were five Christians on the last ship,
chief cook, general steward, second mate, third mate, and a
motorman. (See pic. 1 for some of the crew on board). Prayed
with them and blessed the ship.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and helped
the ministry today.
6 ships on Tuesday:
UAL RODACH, CHEMBULK KOBE, RICKMERS SEOUL, HIGH
CHALLENGE, UAL CYPRUS, and ARISTO RIVER - Filipino, and
Polish; Filipino, Myanmar, and Russian; Filipino, Romanian,
Ukrainian, and German; Italian, Indian, and Ukrainian;
Indonesian, and Dutch; All Chinese - We were on the first ship
last Oct., the second ship last Dec., the third ship last Feb.
(See pic. 2 for some of the crew on board). There were five
Indian Christians on the fourth ship, chief cook, general
steward, bosun, third engineer, and one able seaman. (See
pic. 3 for part of the crew on board). We visited the fifth ship
last Oct. Prayed with them and blessed the ships. An initial
visit on the last ship.
Steven Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came and
helped the ministry today.
6 ships on Thursday:
CLIPPER TROJAN, SICHEM ONOMICHI, GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP,
MTM HONG KONG, STARTRAMP, and ATISO RIVER - Filipino,
and Polish; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, Russian, Myanmar,
and Chinese; Filipino, Indian, Croatian, and Myanmar;
Croatian, and Indonesian; All Chinese. We visited the first
ship two years before last Mar., the third ship last Nov., the
last ship two days ago. There were four Indian Christians
and one Myanmar chief mate Christian on the second ship,
bosun, third engineer, pump man, and an able seaman. (See
pic. 4 for part of the crew on board). (See pic. 5 for part of
the crew on the fourth ship). Prayed with them and blessed
the ships.
Jason Skinner from WHCC came and helped the ministry today.
4 ships on Friday:
JULIA, BANDURA, ARISTO RIVER, and B HANDY - Ukrainian,
and Russian; All Russian; All Chinese; All Chinese. We visited
the second ship last Jan., the third ship yesterday. (See pic.
6 & 7 for part of the crew on the ship). Prayed with them and
blessed the ship. We shared the full gospel with the chief
engineer, and he was happily received the Lord. An initial
visit on the last ship.
A person doesn't want to release his name from FBCC came
and helped the ministry today.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. (Rev. 22:21)

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