Sunday, August 28, 2011

08/21/11 - 08/27/11









Dear seafarer's friends, 08/21/11 - 08/27/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father. (Col. 1:2)

ships visited this week
3 Ships on Friday (08/26):
NORGAS PATRICIA
Filipino, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Russian, and Chinese
(See pic. 1 for some of the crew, the one sits in the front is the captain). Prayed and blessed their families.
FULL RICH
All Chinese
We were on this ship just last month. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew). Prayed and blessed the crew.
CAPE SCOTT
All Chinese
(See pic. 3 for part of the crew). We were trying to convince the captain to accept Jesus, but he said he was a Buddhist and put it off. We took him (See pic. 4 for the one in the middle) and other two seamen to Wal Mart and shopping anyway. Prayed and blessed the ship.
Someone from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.


8 Ships on Saturday (08/27):
ANGEL ISLAND
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed their ship.
K. AMBER
Filipino, and Korean
Blessed the ship.
ROBERT SCHULTE
Filipino, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed the crew.
CARRARA CASTLE
Filipino, Indonesian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian, and Ukrainian
Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board.
SOPHIE
All Myanmar
We were on board last Dec. Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on the ship.
CHEMBULK KINGS POINT
All Myanmar
We visited this ship last May. There was one Christian on the ship but he went ashore. Prayed and blessed the ship.
FULL RICH
All Chinese
We visited the ship yesterday. Nobody has shore pass on board. I brought two water Malone to them. They seemed to like it.
NASCO JADE
All Chinese
(See pic. 5 for the captain on the right, the other one is a ship chandler). (See pic. 6 for part of the crew). Prayed with some of them, and led them to Christ.

Grace be with you. (Col. 4:18)

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

Saturday, August 20, 2011

08/14/11 - 08/20/11









Dear seafarer's friends, 08/14/11 - 08/20/11

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

ships visited this week

7 ships on Monday (08/15):

Vessel Name

Nationalities

Activities

IKAN ALTAMIRA

Filipino, Chinese, and Ghanaian

We were on this ship last Jun. (See pic. 1 for part of the crew). Prayed and blessed the crew.

OVERSEAS FRAN

Filipino, and Russian

Prayed and blessed the ship.

CHAPTER GENTA

Filipino, and Indian

There were two Indian Christians on board, chief cook, and second mate. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew).

NOMADIC HJELLESTAD

Filipino, Russian, and Bulgarian

Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.

BAIZO

Filipino, Croatian, and Romanian

We visited this ship a year before last Apr. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.

PETROKREPOST

All Russian

Gave away Scripture, Jesus DVD and Gospel materials.

BERTINA

All Indian

There were two Christians on the ship, general steward, and electrician. (See pic. 3 for part of the crew).

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


4 Ships on Wednesday (08/17):

WADI HALFA

All Egyptian

Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on board.

ROYAL FAIRNESS

All Filipino

Prayed and blessed the crew.

STAR FRASER

All Filipino

We were on this ship last Jun. Prayed and blessed the ship.

FENG HUANG SONG

All Chinese

There were seven Christians on this ship, chief cook, general steward, two able seamen, one pump man, one oiler, and the third mate. (See pic. 4 for some of the crew).

8 Ships on Friday (08/19):

LIBRA LEADER

All Filipino

Prayed and blessed their ship.

HAL PENDANT

Filipino, and Polish

Prayed and blessed their crew.

ALPINE VENTURE

Filipino, Indian, Russian, and Georgian

There were two Indian Christians on board, assistant engineer, and the third officer. (See pic. 4 for two of them, and pic. 5 for the chief cook on the left). Prayed and blessed their families.

NORDIC OSLO

All Russian

Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on board.

HARBOUR PROGRESS

Russian, and Ukrainian

Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on the ship.

PAPILLON

All Indian

There were quite a few number Christians on board, namely captain, chief mate, chief cook, general steward, bosun, and fitter. (See pic. 6 for some of the crew). Watched Jesus DVD and prayed with them.

TAIXING

All Chinese

We visited this ship last Apr. No permission to go on board. Nobody has shore pass on board. They only accepted some Christian News Paper.

JIA XING

All Chinese

We were on this ship last Feb. An initial visit. Only two people have shore pass, chief mate and

Payton Huang from West Houston Chinese Church and Someone from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.


2 Ships on Saturday (07/26):

JIA XING

All Chinese

A revisit on the ship. Because the security issue, only Ying Dau and I went on board. (See pic. 7 for some of the crew). We left the Gospel materials, prayed and blessed the ship.

FENG HUANG SONG

All Chinese

Praised the Lord, we were able to get in this terminal, and they let us to go on the ship this time. We brought in some home made cookies and two watermelon. The captain invited us to his cabin and we share the Gospel with him and the commissar. Both of them were very open and willing to receive the eternal life as a gift from God. (See pic. 8, captain is the first one from the right on the front row, commissar is the second one from the right on the next row). We sang the hymn ‘Flower in the wilderness’ to the seamen downstairs. They also wanted Jesus to be their friend and savior. (See pic. 9).

Ying Dau Lu, Xiyun Deng, Jun Wu, Jerry Lee, Julia Hsieh from Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.



The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Php. 4:23)

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

Saturday, August 13, 2011

08/07/11 - 08/13/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/07/11 - 08/13/11

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

ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday (08/07):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
FORTUNE BIRD
All Chinese
Took two oiler to West Houston Chinese Church this morning. (See pic. 1) And brought them to shopping in the afternoon.
4 ships on Monday (08/08):
ASIABORG
Filipino, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Russian
(See pic. 2 for part of the crew). Prayed and blessed their families.
RICKMERS NEW ORLEANS
Filipino, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Polish
We couldn’t go into the mess room of inside the cabin, so we just stayed at the gangway and gave them the Scriptures and Gospel materials.
MARITEC
All Chinese
A revisit.
FORTUNE BIRD
All Chinese
We had an opportunity to preach to them in the mess room, about ten people in thirty minutes. Just showed them who Jesus is in the Scripture. They were all longing for the life eternity. We took three seamen, chief cook, bosun, and one oiler to shopping after dinner. (See pic. 3).
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came helped the ministry today.

3 Ships on Thursday (08/11):
FORTUNE EPOCH
All Filipino
Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed the ship.
MOHEGAN PRINCES
All Filipino
Left Scripture, Jesus DVD and Gospel materials on board. Prayed and blessed the crew.
JUSTIC VICTORIA
All Indian
There were seven Christians on this ship, chief cook, general steward, two able seamen, one pump man, one oiler, and the third mate. (See pic. 4 for some of the crew).

3 Ships on Friday (08/12):
DAMGRACHT
Filipino, and Dutch
Prayed and blessed the crew.
MEDEA
Filipino, Myanmar, Russian, and Singaporian
We visited the ship last Apr. Prayed and blessed the ship.
SEA MAJESTY
All Myanmar
We watched the Jesus DVD and prayed with them. (See pic. 5, chief mate on the left, & 6, chief cook in the middle, and general steward on the far left).
Someone from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.

Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. (Eph. 6:24)

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

Saturday, August 6, 2011

07/31/11 - 08/06/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/31/11 - 08/06/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lore Jesus Christ. (Gal. 1:4)

ships visited this week
5 ships on Monday (08/01):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
STAR JAVA
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship. (See pic. 1 for part of the crew)
KATHARINA
All Romania
We visited the ship last Apr. Left the Scripture and Jesus films.
ALGOA BAY
Myanmar, and Polish
We visited the ship last Jan. Prayed and blessed the crew. Left the Gospel materials.
BBC FRANCE
Russian, Ukrainian, and German
We were on the ship two years before last Apr. Left the Scriptures and materials.
IKAN SEPAT
Filipino, Myanmar, Ghanaian, and
Chinese
We were on the ship last Jan. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew on board). Prayed with them and left some Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came helped the ministry today.

7 ships on Tuesday (08/02):
ATLANTIC PEARL
All Filipino
We were on this ship a year before last Jun. Prayed and blessed the ship.
STOLT SPAN
Filipino,
Russian, and Latvian
Prayed and blessed the crew.
HELEN BOLTEN
Filipino,
Chinese, Polish, and Russian
(See pic. 3 for the chief cook on the right). (See pic. 4 for the third officer on the right). Steve was sharing the Gospel with him. He was willingly to receive the Lord in his heart.
CHEMICAL MASTER
Filipino, Indian,
Chinese, and Bengalese
We were on the ship last May. There was one Indian Christian, chief cook on board, (See pic. 5, the one on the right is he). Steve preached to the Chinese fourth engineer, he was very close to salvation. (See pic. 6 for the Chinese guy).
MAERSK KAYA
Filipino, Thai, Indian, Russian, and British
Left Scriptures, Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed their families.
SICHEM MARSEILLE
All Indian
There was only one Christian on board, the chief cook. Prayed and blessed the crew.
NAVIG8 FIDELITY
All Indian
We were on the ship two years before last Jun. There were three Christians on board, chief cook, chief engineer, and a pump man. (See pic. 7 for some of the crew). Prayed and blessed the ship.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

3 Ships on Thursday (08/04):
ZIA BELLE
All Filipino
Left the Scripture and Jesus movie on the ship.
MAASE
All Indian
There were two Christians on board, chief cook and the second officer. (See pic. 8 for some of the crew). Prayed and blessed the ship.
MARITEC
All Chinese
An initial visit on boat. (See pic. 9 for part of the crew).

7 Ships on Friday (08/05):
JBU ORIENT
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew’s families.
NIPPON HIGHWAY
All Filipino
We visited the ship last May. Prayed and blessed the crew.
NORGAS INNOVATION
Filipino, Chinese, and Russian
Not allowed to go into the mess room. So we gave them the Scriptures and materials at the gangway
OVERSEAS LUXMAR
All American
They are all American citizens, but mostly immigrants from other countries.
VINCA
All Indonesia
(See pic. 10 for one of the seaman on board). Prayed and blessed the ship.
FEDERAL SCHELDE
All Indian
There were four Christians on board, chief officer, second officer, two able seamen. (See pic. 11 for part of the crew).
MARITEC
All Chinese
A revisit from yesterday. (See pic. 12 for some of the crew). They don’t have shore pass, so, I helped the chief cook to buy a computer form Best Buy.
Someone from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.

2 Ships on Saturday (08/06):
MARITEC
All Chinese
Helped the chief mate to buy an iphone. Dennis shared the Scripture with them on board
FORTUNE BIRD
All Chinese
Prayed and blessed the ship. (See pic. 13 from left to right, chief mate, captain, and chief engineer). We took chief cook and bosun to Wal Mart.
Dennis Jen from Lakewood Church came and helped the ministry.

An email from Bro Ireneo Pavia on MT MAEMI II:
We have had bible study for the last two Sundays since we left Houston on 15th July. And God is always good.
He has so many million ways touching the lives of every living soul. Two Indians (a Catholic & Hindi) and
7 Filipinos attended the bible study. Please include them in your prayer list.

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