11/20/11 - 11/26/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 11/20/11 - 11/26/11

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

ships visited this week
5 ships on Monday (11/21):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
ELLIE
Filipino, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
KASSEL
Filipino, and Indian
Prayed and blessed the crew.
CS CHARA
All Indian
There were at lest two Indian Christians on board, chief cook and general steward. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed with them and blessed their families.
ORANGE STARS
All Indian
There were four Christians on board, chief cook, general steward, third engineer, and one deck cadet. (See pic. 1 & 2 for some of the crew.) Prayed with them and blessed the vessel.
ATLANTIC PROGRESS
Singaporian, Myanmar, Chinese, and Filipino
(See pic. 3, 4, & 5 for part of the crew.) The one on the left in pic. 4 is the captain. Those three to my left in pic. 5 were the ones we shared the Gospel with. They accepted the Lord. Prayed with them and blessed the crew.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry today.

2 ships on Tuesday (11/22):
HEROIC LEADER
Filipino, and Bulgarian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
CHEMBULK NEW ORLEANS
All Indian
(See pic. 6 for some of the crew.) Prayed and blessed their crew.

5 Ship on Wednesday (11/23):
YACU TASKI
Peruvian and Polish
We visited this ship last Sep. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board.
GLOBAL VANGUARD
All Filipino
We were on the ship last Jan. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP
Filipino, Russian, Korean, and Chinese
We visited the ship last Jun. Prayed and blessed their crew.
FPMC 23
All Chinese
We were on this ship last Mar. Left Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and Christian literatures on board. (See pic. 7 for part of the crew.) Shared the Gospel with an engine cadet. He wanted Jesus to be his Savior. Prayed with him and blessed his family.
LIAN HUA FENG
All Chinese
An initial visit. (See pic. 8 for some of the crew.)

2 Ships Friday (11/25):
MARIDA MULBERRY
All Indian
There were three Christians on board, chief mate, second mate, and an able seaman. (See pic. 9 for some of the crew.) Prayed with them and blessed the crew.
LIAN HUA FENG
All Chinese
A revisit on the ship. Shared the Gospel with the second mate and an oiler. They received Jesus as their personal Savior. (See pic. 10 for part of the crew.)
Prayed and blessed the ship.
Payton Huang from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped this ministry today.

4 Ships on Saturday (11/26):
STOLT BRELAND
Filipino, and Russian
We visited this ship last Jul. Prayed and blessed the ship.
ONEGO ARKHANGELSK
Filipino, and Dutch
Prayed and blessed the crew.
SAFMARINE SAHARA
Sri Lanka, Romanian, and Russian
Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board.
CHIPOLBROK GALAXY
All Chinese
We were on board last Jul. Shared the Gospel with the captain and the chief steward. (See pic. 11 for the captain on the left, and the chief steward on the right.) Both of them accepted Jesus as their personal Savior. Prayed and blessed their crew.

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

Your brother in Christ
Thomas Tao

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