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
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