09/25/11 - 10/01/11

Dear seafarer's Friends, 09/25/11 - 10/01/11

Grace, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. (Tit. 1:4)

ships visited this week
9 ships on Monday (09/26):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
STAR KVARVEN
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew.
KAREKARE
Filipino, and Greek
Prayed with the seamen and blessed their families.
FREJA MAERSK
Filipino, Fin, Swedish, Icelander, and Russian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
ENERGY PANTHER
All Russian
Prayed and blessed this ship.
ICE BASE
Russian, and Latvian
Gave away Scripture and Jesus DVD.
CLAMOR SCHULTE
Russian, Polish, Indonesian, and African
Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
VENICE
Indian, and Polish
Gave away Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board.
ARISTO RIVER
All Chinese
We were on this ship two month ago. This was an initial visit.
DA LI HU
All Chinese
We visited this ship last Feb. The commissar was not very friendly. Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs to some.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for this ministry today.

6 Ships on Tuesday (09/27):
POS AMETHYST
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew.
NAVE POLARIS
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the vessel.
HARUNA EXPRESS
All Filipino
Left the Scripture and Jesus DVD on board.
KAREN MAERSK
Filipino, Romanian, Croatian, and Danish
Gave the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs to the crew.
SEABULK TRADER
All American
Left a copy of NIV New Testament on board.
ARISTO RIVER
All Chinese
A revisit on this ship. Steve was preaching to the crowd while I went to visit other ships. (See pic. 1 & 2 for part of the crew). The seed was planted.
Tsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry.
4 Ships on Wednesday (09/28):
FOCKEBURG
Filipino, Myanmar, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed their ship.
AALBORG
Myanmar, and Polish
We were on this ship a little more than two weeks ago. Prayed and blessed the crew.
ARISTO RIVER
All Chinese
A revisit again on the ship. Took eight people to Best Buy. My car was a small car, so I transport them two times, back and forth, back and forth. I enjoyed it.
OVERSEAS LUXMAR
All Honduras
Left Scripture, and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed the ship.

5 Ships on Thursday (09/29):
ATLANTIC KING
All Filipino
Left Scripture, Gospel materials and Jesus DVD on the ship.
WAWASAN SAPPHIRE
Filipino, and Indian
Prayed and blessed the crew.
OVERSEAS LUXMAR
All Honduras
A revisit on this ship. Left more Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board.
AS VARESIA
Romanian, and Tuvalu
Gave them Gospel materials and Jesus DVD.
ARISTO RIVER
All Chinese
A revisit on this ship again. (See pic. 3 for the chief mate on the left, and the second mate on the right).
Gerri Morales from Chinese Bible Church came as a volunteer for the Honduras and El Salvador for
this mission.
5 Ships on Friday (09/30):
STAR HIDRA
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed their ship.
BOW FIRDA
Filipino, and Norwegian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
MEDITERRANEAN HIGHWAY
Filipino, and Bulgarian
We visited this ship last Jun. Prayed and blessed the crew.
WILUTAMA
Indonesian, Pakistanian, Chinese, and Vietnamese
There were three Indonesian Christians on board, bosun, captain, and chief engineer, (See pic. 4 from left to right). We all prayed together. Bosun was crying when he prayed. He asked for an Indonesian Bible, and I gave him one. (See pic. 5 for other crew).
ARISTO RIVER
All Chinese
Another revisit.
One volunteer from Fort Bend Community Church came and joined the ministry today.

3 Ships on Saturday (10/01):
HAPPY BEE
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed their families.
DANZIGERGRACHT
Filipino, and Russian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
ARISTO RIVER
All Chinese
A revisit again. Took eight seamen including the captain and the chief engineer to Chinese Bible Church for the Music Evangelical Meeting. They said they all enjoyed the Christian music. Then we went to Walmart. It was after one am. When I got home.

Grace, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. (Tit. 1:4)

Your brother in Christ
Thomas Tao

www.lifelinetoseamen.org
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