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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Dear seafarer's friends, 04/15/12 - 04/21/12
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 1:7)
ships visited this week,
7 ships on Monday (04/16):
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese
Church came for the ship visiting and also visited the two injured
Chinese
seamen at Hermann Hospital.
9 ships on Tuesday (04/10):
Hsial Ping Chao from West Houston
Chinese Church came to visit the two injured Chinese
seamen and helped the ship
visitation today.
No ship visiting on Wednesday (04/18):
Ying Dau Lu, Jung Eng from Houston Chinese Church, Nancy Tao and I visited the two
injured Chinese
seamen at Hermann Hospital this afternoon. The carpenter asked for baptism, The OS wanted it too. So
we baptized them in their rooms in the Hospital. (See picture 4 & 5.) The OS will go back to China soon.
The hospital there can take over the case after he gets back. But the carpenter probably will stay here
longer. Please pray for their recovery.
No ship visiting on Thursday (04/19):
Steve Yeboah and I went to the weekly Chaplains gathering at Houston International Seafarers
Centers.They have already listed our names as their Chaplains, so we'll be able to go through
the security guards of all the docks. In order to fulfill our obligation we need to visit the ships
with HISC under the name Lifeline to Seamen, Inc. once a week and serve the day duty or night
duty at HISC as a group under LTS once 6 hours a week.
4 ships on Friday (04/20):
Someone from Fort Bend Community
Church, Payton Huang form West Houston Chinese Church, and
Steve Yeboah from Christ First Healing Church came to visited the two injured Chinese
seamen at
Hermann Hospital. Actually we were there to see them off. Because the insurance company had already
determined to send them back to China today. Please keep on praying for their recovery.
7 ships on Saturday (04/21):
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese
Church came and helped the ministry today.
The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Rom. 16:20)
God bless all
832-775-5074LTS staff |
Saturday, April 14, 2012
04/08/12 - 04/14/12
Dear seafarer's friends, 04/08/12 - 04/14/12
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven
spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the
dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. (Rev. 1:4,5)
ships visited this week,
7 ships on Monday (04/09):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
CAPETAN VASSILIS
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed their families.
CFL PROGRESS
Filipino, and Ukrainian
Blessed the vessel.
ELANDSGRACHT
Filipino, and Polish
Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs on this ship.
ECO PROSPERITY
Filipino, Indian, and Indonesian
Blessed this crew.
BEGONIA G
All Russian
Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on the vessel.
ATLANTIC RUNNER
All Russian
We were on this ship a year before last Nov. Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on board.
BBC AFRICA
All Russian
Left Gospel materials, and Jesus DVD on the ship.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came for the ship visiting and also visited the two injured Chinese seamen at Hermann Hospital.
9 ships on Tuesday (04/10):
ASTRO ARCTURUS
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship.
OVERSEAS SILVERMAR
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed their families.
NORDIC GAS
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew.
ATLANTIC ACTION
Filipino, and Russian
Prayed and blessed this vessel.
NAVIGATOR NEPTUNE
Filipino, Polish, and Russian
We visited this ship a year before last Sep. left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board.
FPMC 20
Filipino, Chinese, Romanian, Indian, and Korean
We were on board a year before last Jul. (See pic. 1 for part of the crew.) Prayed and blessed their ship.
KATJA
All Romanian
We visited the ship a year before last Apr. Left Jesus DVDs on their vessel.
BEGONIA G
All Russian
Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on board.
HALO CYGNUS
All Indian
There were three Indian Christians on the ship, chief cook, an oiler and an ordinary seaman. Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew.)
Hsial Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.
7 ships on Wednesday (04/11):
SANKO MERMAID
All Filipino
We were on board last Jun. Prayed and blessed the ship.
STAR FUJI
All Filipino
We visited the ship last Feb. Prayed and blessed their crew.
BUNGA BANYAN
Filipino, and Malaysian
Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on the vessel.
AKERAIOS
Filipino, Russian, and Romanian
Prayed and blessed their families.
NAVE POLARIS
Filipino, Greek, and Romanian
We were on this ship last Sep. Prayed and blessed their vessel. (See pic. 3 for part of the crew.)
CLIPPER SKAGEN
Filipino, Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, and Romanian
Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on board.
ARIZONA
All Russian
Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVD on board.
Peter Ko and I visited the two injured Chinese seamen at Hermann Hospital this morning.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came for the ship visiting this afternoon.
5 ships on Friday (04/13):
FRONT MELODY
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew.
SANTA FE
Filipino, and Romanian
Left Scripture, Gospel material, and Jesus DVDs on board. Took three seamen to Best Buy.
CHEM RANGER
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed the ship.
SPAR URSA
All Indian
We visited the ship last Jun. There were four Christians on this ship, captain, chief cook, bosun, and an able seaman. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
DA MING HU
All Chinese
Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, Jesus DVDs, Christians testimony DVDs on board.
Someone from Fort Bend Community Church came as a volunteer helping the ministry. We
visited the two injured Chinese seamen at Hermann Hospital first. (See pic. 4 for the two seamen,
carpenter on the right, ordinary seaman on the left, and the anonymity in the middle.)
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. (Rev. 22:21)
Please keep on praying for negotiating with the Houston International Seafarers Center
about the gate lists for ship visitation.
God bless all
LTS staff
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074
Saturday, April 7, 2012
04/01/12 - 04/07/12
Dear seafarer's friends, 04/01/12 - 04/07/12
Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. (Jude 2)
ships visited this week,
No ship visited on Tuesday (04/03):
Four of us, Nancy Tao, Hsiao Ping Chao, Steve Yeboah, and I went to Houston International Seafarers Centers to talk about the next step of Lifeline to Seamen, Inc. working with HISC. The further decision will be made by the board meeting of HISC on 4/5. Afterwards. we went to Hermann Hospital to visit actually two injured Chinese seamen from the ship RUI NING 5. One is the carpenter as we mentioned last week. The other one is the ordinary seaman. He hurt his chest and his left arm. He is in more serious condition then the carpenter.
8 ships on Wednesday (04/04):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
ARIETTA
All Filipino
We were on board a year before last Jul. Prayed and blessed the ship.
STOLT FACTO
All Filipino
We visited the ship a year before last Jan. Prayed and blessed their crew.
PAXI
Filipino, and Russian
Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on board.
SUSAN K
Filipino, and Ukrainian
Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on the vessel.
FORTITUDE
Filipino, Estonian, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed their families.
STOLT INNOVATION
Filipino, Russian, and Croatian
Prayed and blessed their vessel.
GOLDEN UNITY
Filipino, Korean, and Chinese
(See pic. 1 for some of the crew.) Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board.
ORIENTAL ANGEL
All Chinese
Left Scripture, Christian literatures, and Christian music DVD on the ship. (See pic. 2 for the captain in the middle.)
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came for the ship visiting and we also visited the
two injured Chinese seamen at Hermann Hospital.
No ship on Thursday (04/05):
4 ships on Friday (04/06):
STELLA MARIS
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew.
UNION ANTON
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed this ship.
NORD SWAN
Filipino, and Danish
Prayed and blessed the vessel.
CHONG MING
All Chinese
We visited this ship last May. Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. (See pic. 3 for some of the crew.)
Tony Chao and someone from Fort Bend Community Church came as volunteers helping the ministry.
We also visited the two injured Chinese seamen at Hermann Hospital. (See pic. 4 for the carpenter, Tony, and the anonymity.)
To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy - to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages now and forevermore! Amen. (Jude 24,25)
Please keep on praying for negotiating with the Houston International Seafarers Center and
the Port of Houston Authority about the gate lists.
God bless all
LTS staff
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074
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