Saturday, December 31, 2011

12/25/11 - 12/31/11





Dear seafarer's friends, 12/25/11 - 12/31/11

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

ships visited this week,
7 ships on Tuesday (12/27):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
HOSANGER
All Filipino
Prayed with them and blessed the crew
STOLT SISTO
Filipino, and Russian
We were on this ship a year before last Dec. Prayed and blessed their families.
BREMEN TRADER
Filipino, Romanian, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
RICKMERS NEW ORLEANS
Filipino, Bulgarain, and Romanian
We were on the ship last Aug. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
PRAMESTI
Pakistanian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Bengalese
Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board. (See pic. 1 & 2 for part of the crew.) Shared the Gospel with the Chinese chief engineer, the seed was planted.
CHAMPION PIONEER
All Indian
There were seven Christians on board, captain, chief cook, bosun, one able seaman, and three engineers in the engine room. (See pic. 3 for some of the crew.)
MTM NORTH SOUND
All Myanmar
Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry today.

8 Ships on Wednesday (12/28):
KARIN
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship.
SAFMARINE ANGOLA
Filipino, and Bulgarian
We were on this ship last Oct. Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs on board.
TORM THYRA
Filipino, and Danish
Prayed and blessed the crew.
ISOLA BIANCA
Filipino, and Italian
Prayed and blessed their families.
CLIPPER KARINA
Filipino, Polish, and Italian
Prayed and blessed their ship.
GASCHEM BALTIC
Filipino, German, and Polish
We visited the ship last Mar. Prayed and blessed their crew.
CLIPPER MEADOW
Ukrainian, Russian, and Estonian
Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
BBC ROMANIA
Russian, and Ukrainian
We were on board last Oct. Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs to the seaman on duty.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer to help the ministry today.

7 Ships on Friday (12/30):
HENRIETTA KOSAN
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship.
STAR FLORIDA
All Filipino
We were on this ship last Oct. Prayed and blessed the crew.
SOUTHERN KOALA
Filipino, and Korean
Prayed and blessed their families.
MSC ALESSIA
Filipino, German, and Polish
Left Scriptures, Christian literature, and Jesus DVDs on board.
MSC SANTHYA
Russian, and Ukrainian
Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
XENIA
Latvian, and Ukrainian
We visited the ship last Jun. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the vessel.
SC HONG KONG
All Chinese
One Christian on board, bosun. (See pic. 4, the one on the far left.) (See pic. 5 for the chief cook on the left.) Gave away Scriptures, Christian literature, and Jesus DVDs on board. Shared the Gospel with the captain. (See pic. 6. The one on the right.)

6 Ships on Saturday (12/17):
FORTUNE EPOCH
All Filipino
We were on this ship last Aug. We left on the ship Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs.
OCEAN UNICORN
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship.
SEABOARD PACIFIC
Filipino, and Polish
We visited this ship last Sep. Prayed and blessed their crew.
SEABOARD RANGER
Filipino, Polish, and Russian
Prayed and blessed their families.
BERNORA
All Indian
We were on board last Oct. {See pic. 7 for part of the crew. Second from the right is a Christian.}
MARIENBORG
All Thai
We visited the ship last Oct. Prayed and blessed the vessel.

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

We wanted to wish all the supporters of Lifeline to Seamen ministry a very Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year. We also want to remember in prayer all the seamen that were ministered to in 2011.

God bless all

LTS staff
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

Thursday, December 22, 2011

12/18/11 - 12/24/11




Dear seafarer's friends, 12/18/11 - 12/24/11

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 (12/18):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
PAC ACRUX
Romanian, Filipino, and Chinese
We were on this ship a year before last Jul. Brought in the Christmas presents for the 23 seamen on board. Prayed with them and blessed the crew.
There were eighteen of us went for the trip from WHCC, because we didn’t have our names on
the escort list, we couldn’t go in the terminal all together. But the presents and the message was
delivered by the only ones who could go on board.

5 ships on Monday (12/19):
CLIPPER KIRA
All Filipino
We were on the ship a year before last Jan. Prayed and blessed their families.
PANAM PACIFICO
Myanmar, and Croatian
We were on this ship a year before last Apr. Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board.
MEDITERRANEAN HIGHWAY
Filipino, and Bulgarian
We visited the ship just last month. Prayed and blessed the ship.
RUBIN
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed the crew.
PAC ACRUX
Romanian, Myanmar, Singaporian Filipino, and Chinese
Second visit on board. (See pic. 1 & 2 for some of the crew.) We brought in some Gospel materials, Scripture, and Jesus DVDs on the ship. Shared Gospel with the chief engineer and planted the seed. Prayed with the crew and blessed the vessel.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church, and Hsing Ping Chao from WHCC came as
volunteers for the ministry today.

6 ships on Tuesday (12/20):
MEDIATOR
All Filipino
We visited this ship last Oct. Prayed with them and blessed the crew.
DEMETER LEADER
Filipino, and Indian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
JO ASK
Filipino, and Indian
We were on this ship a year before last Oct. Prayed and blessed their families.
ONEGO PONZA
Filipino, and Russian
We were on the ship last Oct. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
SCM ELPIDA
All Russian
We visited the ship this time last year. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board. Took three seamen to International Seafarer Center.
SOPHIE
All Myanmar
We were on board last Aug. Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry today.

3 Ships on Wednesday (12/21):
CALYPSO
Filipino, and Swedish
Prayed and blessed the ship.
CHEM LEO
All Indian
We were on this ship last Oct. Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs on board. (See pic. 3 for part of the crew.)
CHARLOTTE BULKER
All Chinese
Shared the Gospel with the captain. The seed was planted. Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer to help the ministry today.

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

We wanted to wish all the supporters of Lifeline to Seamen ministry a very Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year. We also want to remember in prayer all the seamen that were ministered to in 2011.

God bless all

LTS staff

www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

Saturday, December 17, 2011

12/11/11 - 12/17/11




Dear seafarer's friends, 12/11/11 - 12/17

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

ships visited this week,
4 ships on Monday (12/12):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
SEABOARD RELIANCE
Filipino, and Polish
We were on this ship last Oct. Prayed and blessed the ship.
MARIA
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian
Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board.
EAGLE KINABALU
Indian, Filipino, and Chinese
(See pic. 1 for part of the crew.) We shared the Gospel with the two Chinese guys in the picture, and helped them to make the decision to trust in Jesus. The seeds were planted. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
PRETTY TIME
Russian, Filipino, and Chinese
(See pic. 2 for some of the crew.) We brought in some Christmas gifts for the six Chinese seamen. Prayed with this group and blessed the crew.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry this afternoon.

4 Ship on Wednesday (12/14):
LYNX
Filipino, and Russian
We visited this ship last Feb. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
BBC JADE
Russian, and Ukrainian
We were on the ship two years before last Mar. Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on board.
ATLANTIC TRADER
Russian, and Ukrainian
We were on this ship a year before last Nov. Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on the ship.
BRUGGE MAX
All Polish
Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board..

2 Ships on Thursday (12/15):
CHEMROUTE BRILLIANT
Filipino, and Korean
We were on this ship last Jun. Prayed and blessed the crew.
BW HUDSON
Indian, and Filipino
Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs on board.

1 Ship on Saturday (12/17):
STAR FRASER
All Filipino
We were on this ship last Oct. This time, fourteen of us went on board and had a Christmas caroling, Rev. Huang gave a personal testimony and we closed with a salvation prayer. We left on the ship a whole box of tangerine, Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs. (See pic. 3)
Rev. I-Ming Huang, Peter Ko, Hsiao Ping Chao, Rose Young, Fung Mei Chu, Alex Wu,
Eddie Wang, Viviane Wang, Chin Wen Lin, LiLi Lin, Alexander Bang, Richard Lo, and’
Kathy Loh from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

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

Sunday, December 11, 2011

12/04/11 - 12/10/11





Dear seafarer's friends, 12/04/11 - 12/10/11

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

ships visited this week,

1 ship on Sunday (12/04):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
CIELO DI GENOVA
All Chinese
A revisit on the ship. Took two seamen, one from the deck and one from the engineer room to Fort Bend Community Church for Morning Worship service and Sunday School. We went to China Town before we got back to the ship

6 ships on Monday (12/05):
PORTHOS
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew.
DIONYSOS LEADER
All Filipino
We were on this ship last Feb. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
OLYMPIAN HIGHWAY
All Filipino
We visited the ship last Oct. Left Gospel materials, and Jesus DVD on board.
PACIFIC BULKER
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed their ship.
BBC HAREN
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian
Prayed with them and blessed their families.
CIELO DI GENOVA
All Chinese
(See pic. 1 for part of the crew.) We brought everyone a little Christmas gift. Shared the Gospel with the third engineer. He accepted Jesus Christ into his heart as his personal Savior. Prayed with him and blessed the ship. Took six seamen to Walmart.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry today.

2 ships on Tuesday (12/06):
CIELO DI GENOVA
All Chinese
It’s the fourth time consecutively to come to this ship. I took six seamen to Best Buy and H.E.B. Prayed with them in the car and blessed the crew.
STAVANGER BLOSSOM
Filipino, and Chinese
Hsiao Ping went to this ship by himself. He preached four hours to the Chinese crew on board and brought them some Christmas presents
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry today.

3 Ship on Wednesday (12/07):
STAR JUVENTAS
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew.
PEONY
All Myanmar
We were on the ship a year before last Oct. Left Gospel material and Jesus DVDs on board.
ROYAL FLUSH
All Chinese
We visited the ship last May. An Initial visit.

5 Ships on Thursday (12/08):
LUISIA COLOSSUS
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship.
HARVEST SUN
All Indian
There were six Christians on board, captain, chief mate, chief engineer, second engineer, one motorman, and bosun. Left them Jesus DVD.
YONGXING
All Chinese
We were on this ship a year before last Mar. An initial visit.
ROYAL FLUSH
All Chinese
This was the second visit, a courtesy visit.
CIELO DI GENOVA
All Chinese
The fifth time visit. Took four seamen to shopping. (See pic. 2) Prayed with them, blessed the ship and their families.

3 Ships Friday (12/09):
RICKMERS TOKYO
Filipino, Polish, and Chinese
We were on this ship last Jul. Prayed with one Chinese cadet and blessed the ship. (See pic. 3)
ROYAL FLUSH
All Chinese
A third time visit in a roll. Left Scriptures, Christian literature, and Jesus DVDs on board.
YONGXING
All Chinese
A second time visit. Gave away Scriptures, Christian literature, and Jesus DVDs to the needy seamen on the ship.

2 Ships on Saturday (12/10):
YONGXING
All Chinese
A third time visit. They have a 28 crew. We brought them 28 Christmas presents. We had a Christmas caroling and closed it with a salvation prayer on the ship before they sailed. (See pic. 4 & 5)
LOYAL FLUSH
All Chinese
This was the fourth time visit. We brought everyone a Christmas present for the 24 crew, and had a Christmas caroling on board, with a short message and a calling. They all wanted their sins to be forgiven and to live a sinless life. (See pic. 6, 7, & 8.) Prayed and blessed the ship.
Ying Dau Lu, Jerry Lee, Wzy Wu, Xiyun Deng, Li Yang, Cheng Long, and Weidong Wu
from Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2Co. 13:14)

Your brother in Christ

Thomas Tao

www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

Saturday, December 3, 2011

11/27/11 - 12/03/11






Dear seafarer's friends, 11/27/11 - 12/03/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Co. 1:3)

ships visited this week,
1 ship on Sunday (11/27):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
CHIPOLBROK GALAXY
All Chinese
.A revisit on the ship. Took the only two people who have shore pass, captain and second engineer to Houston Chinese Church for Sunday School and Morning Worship service. (See pic. 1 for Ying Dau Lu and two of them.) We went to
Best Buy, Academy and Fiesta for shopping in the afternoon.

6 ships on Monday (11/28):
BBC ENGLAND
Filipino, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed the vessel.
SEABOARD PERU
Filipino, Polish, German, and Croatian
We were on this ship last Jan. Prayed and blessed the ship.
ANGELIKA
Ukrainian, Russian, and Latvian
Prayed and blessed the crew.
KALUGA
All Russian
Prayed and blessed their families.
STIMATADOR
All Indian
We visited the ship last Sep. There were five Christians on board, two chief cooks (one is replacing the other), general steward, chief mate, and one able seamen. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew.) Prayed with them and blessed their crew.
BERGE NINGBO
All Indian
A short visit on board. There were no Christian on the ship. Left Scripture and a Reader’s Digest for them.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry today.

4 ships on Tuesday (11/29):
TESSA KOSAN
All Filipino
We visited this ship two years before last Aug. Prayed and blessed the crew.
CHARLOTTE THERESA
Filipino, and Danish
Prayed and blessed the ship.
CLIPPER LOYALTY
Latvian, and Ukrainian
We were on this ship a year before last Apr. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board.
EMIRATES STAR
Indian, and Indonesian
We were on board this time last year. There were two Christians on the ship, chief mate and one motorman. (See pic. 3 for some of the crew. Motorman is the one on the far left.) Prayed and blessed their crew.
Tsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry today.

6 Ship on Wednesday (11/30):
STAR FUJI
All Filipino
We visited this ship last May. Prayed and blessed the ship.
NIPPON HIGHWAY
All Filipino
We were on the ship last Sep. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
GOLDEN YOSA
Myanmar, Korean, and Chinese
We visited the ship two years before last Aug. There was one Myanmar Christian on board, general steward. (See pic. 4 for some of the crew.) Prayed and blessed their crew.
REBECCA
Ukrainian, Russian, and Latvain
We were on this ship a year before last Oct. Left Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and Gospel materials on board. Prayed with them and blessed their families.
YASA SEYHAN
All Turkish
We visited this vessel a year before last Jan. (See pic. 5 for part of the crew.)
PHOENIX LIGHT
Indian, and Filipino
There were three Indian Christians on board, second mate, third mate, and third engineer. (See pic. 6 for some of the crew.) Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came as a volunteer for the ministry today.

7 Ships Friday (12/02):
FAABORG
Filipino, and Ukrainian
Prayed with them and blessed the ship.
KATE MAERSK
Filipino, Romanian, Danish, and Indian
Prayed and blessed the vessel.
BBC CAMPANA
Russian, and Ukrainian
Gave away the Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVD to the crew.
BASAT
All Turkish
Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board.
BBC HOUSTON
All American
Left a Scripture on board.
JIN YAO
All Chinese
An initial visit on the ship.
GREAT PEACE
All Chinese
Brought them some Christmas present. Prayed and blessed their ship. (See pic. 7 for some of the crew.) Took chief mate to Walmart.

2 Ships on Saturday (12/02):
CIELO DI GENOVA
All Chinese
An initial visit.
JIN YAO
All Chinese
We brought everybody a Christmas present, and had a Christmas caroling on the ship. Rev. Poon made a good presentation on the four Spiritual Law. Our team gave two testimonies to the seamen. There were total sixteen of them in our mist. (See pic. 8, 9, & 10.) They came because they don’t need to work in the day time on this dock this week end. Praised the Lord. Prayed and blessed the crew.
Rev. Godwin Poon, Wei Qun Wang, and Yi Dan Wang from Fort Bend Committee Church;
Peter Ko from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.(1 Co. 16: 23, 24)

Your brother in Christ

Thomas Tao

www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074