09/11/11 - 09/17/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 09/11/11 - 09/17/11

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (1Ti. 1:2)

ships visited this week
6 ships on Monday (09/12):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
ORANGE ISLAND
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew.
NIPPON HIGHWAY
All Filipino
We visited this ship last month. Prayed with the seaman and blessed the ship.
SICHEM MUMBAI
Filipino, and Russian
We visited this ship last Feb. Prayed and blessed the ship.
IKAN ALTAMIRA
Filipino, Ghanaian, and Chinese
We were on this ship last month. (See pic. 1 for part of the crew). Took three seamen to Walmart and Best Buy.
CROWNED EAGLE
Indian, Russian, and Sri Lanka
There were two Indian Christians on board, second mate and one able seaman. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew). Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
AALBORG
All Myanmar
We visited this ship last May. Prayed with the seaman. Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came helped the ministry today.

5 Ships on Tuesday (09/13):
BERLIN TRADER
Filipino, and Russian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
SICHEM OSPREY
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian
We were on the ship last May. Prayed and blessed the crew.
KOPALNIA RYDULTOWY
All Polish
Gave away the Scripture and Jesus DVD on the ship.
NORD OBTAINER
All Indian
There were two Christians on board, fourth engineer and fifth engineer. (See pic. 3 for the fourth engineer on the left).
CLIPPER IMABARI
All Chinese
(See pic. 4 for some of the crew). We shared the Gospel with the captain. (see pic. 5, the one on the right). He was very open and prayed the salvation prayer with me. Prayed and blessed their families.
Tsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

4 Ships on Wednesday (09/14):
BBC AMAZON
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian
We were on the ship two years before last Jul. Prayed and blessed their ship.
MCT MONTE ROSA
Filipino, Russian, Ukrainian, and Croatian
Prayed and blessed the crew.
GREAT CONCORD
All Chinese
(See pic. 6 for the captain, on the tight). I shared the Gospel with him. The seed was planted. Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board.
SANMAR PARAGON
All Indian
There were three Christians on this ship, one cadet, one able seaman, and radio officer. Prayed and blessed the ship.

7 Ships on Thursday (09/15):
STAR EVVIVA
All Filipino
We were on this ship last Jul. (See pic. 7 for the chief engineer on the left). Prayed and blessed their families.
COVE ISLAND
Filipino, and Russian
We visited this vessel last Jul. Prayed and blessed the crew.
SEABOARD PACIFIC
Filipino, and Polish
We visited the ship last May. Prayed and blessed the ship.
CONTI EQUATOR
Filipino, Russian, and Romanian
Left Jesus DVDs and Gospel materials.
SHANNON STAR
Filipino, Latvian, Polish, and Romanian
Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
TAMBOURIN
Filipino, Swedish, Mexican, and Russian
Gave them the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. (See pic. 8 for thechief cook on the left).
NOBLE STAR
All American
We were on this ship a year before last Jul. Left a Holy Bible on board.
Some one from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.
5 Ships on Friday (09/16):
BLUE SKY
All Filipino
(See pic. 9 for part of the crew). Prayed and blessed their ship.
HANSEN SCAN
Filipino, Russian, and Polish
Prayed and blessed the ship.
SKS TIETE
Filipino, Norwegian, Russian, and Croatian
(See pic. 10 for some of the sailors). Prayed and blessed the crew.
NORGAS PATRICIA
Filipino, Russian, Vietnamese, and Chinese
We were on this ship last month. Left Scriptures, Jesus DVDs and Gospel materials on board.
MURAT KIRAN
All Turkish
Left Jesus DVDs on board.

2 Ships on Saturday (09/17):
TRITON LARK
All Indian
There were three Christians on board, chief mate, second mate, and second engineer. (See pic. 11 for some of the crew on the ship). Prayed and blessed their homes.
FR8 ENDURANCE
All Indian
We visited this vessel a year before last Jun. There were four Christians on board, captain, chief cook, second cook, and third engineer. (See pic. 12, captain is the second one from the left). Prayed and blessed the crew.

Yates Lee, David Frankel, and Mike Vaughn from the English fellowship of WHCC came and helped the ministry today.

Grace be with you. (1Ti. 6:21)

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