Saturday, July 9, 2011

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

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