5/20/12 - 5/26/12

Dear seafarer's friends,                                                                                 05/20/12 - 05/26/12 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Php. 1:2) ships visited this week, 5 ships on Monday (05/21): Vessel Name Nationalities Activities     INDUSTRIAL FORCE All Filipino Prayed and blessed their crew. FURNESS LONDON All Filipino Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on board. (See pic. 1 for some of the crew.) INDUSTRIAL EAGLE Filipino, and Russian Left Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on the vessel. SINBAD All Korean There were five Christians on board, chief officer, first engineer, second mate, third mate, and an ordinary seaman. Left Scripture, and Jesus DVDs to them. (See pic. 2 for part of the crew.) SEAFRONTIER All Indian There were eight Christians on this ship, captain, second mate, junior engineer, chief cook, second cook, general steward, bosun, and one able seaman. Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came for the ship visitation today. 7 ships on Tuesday (05/22): MAPLE 3 All Filipino Prayed and blessed their vessel. (See pic.3 for some of the crew.) ANTONIO Filipino, and   Ukrainian Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on the ship. HARBOUR CLOUD Filipino, and Russian We were on board last Jul. Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on their boat. LYNX Filipino, Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian We were on this ship last Dec. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on their ship. (See pic. 4 for part of the crew.) IRIS GLORY Filipino, Russian, Indian, British, and Latvian Prayed and blessed the crew. (See pic. 5 for some of the crew.) ORIENT TRANSIT Russian, and Ukrainian Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on board. YASA OZCAN All Turkish Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs for the crew. Hsial Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came to help the ship visitation today. 7 ships on Wednesday (05/23): OCEAN TOMO All Filipino (See pic. 6 for the chief cook on the right.) Prayed and blessed the ship. KARIN All Filipino We were on this ship last Dec. Prayed and blessed their crew. CEDAR Filipino, and Russian Prayed and blessed their families. ONEGO ARKHANGELSK Filipino, and Dutch We were on board last Nov. Shared faith with the captain. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the boat. (See pic. 7, captain is on the far left.) BBC SWITZERLAND Filipino, Russian, and German Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. ARDMORE SEATRADER Venezuelan, Romanian, and Indonesian Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on the ship. (See pic. 8 for the Indonesian chief cook on the right.) DEL SOL Chinese, and Vietnamese Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs to the seafarers. Stephen Chan from West Houston Chinese Church came for the ship visiting today. 5 ships on Thursday (05/24): BOW SEA All Filipino (See pic. 3 for some of the crew.) Prayed and blessed the crew. MAERSK WESTPORT All Filipino Sold phone cards. Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board. Shared Gospel with them. (See Pic. 9) STOLT SUN Filipino, and Russian We were on board last Mar. Offered free transportation to the HISC. MSC SOCOTRA Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on the ship. EAGEL TOLEDO Filipino, Russian, Chinese, Indian, and Ghanaian Shared the Gospel and prayed for them. (See pic. 10 & 11 for part of the crew.) Steve Yeboah from Christ First Healing Church came for ship visitation this afternoon. 3 ships on Friday (05/25): ELBE Peruvian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Kiribatian Prayed and blessed their ship. (See pic. 12 for the only Peruvian chief mate who called me to see him on this ship.) FPMC 20 Filipino, Romanian, Indian, Korean, and Chinese Prayed and blessed their crew. YASA BODRUM All Turkish Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the vessel. Shared the Gospel with the commissar. (See pic. 13 for some of the crew.) Someone from Fort Bend Community Church and Payton Huang from West Houston Chinese Church came today to help the ministry. 1 ship on Saturday (05/26): CHANG SHAN HAI All Chinese Prayed with the captain and the carpenter. (See pic. 14 for the carpenter on the left.) Steve Yeboah from Christ First Healing Church came to accompany Lakewood Church group for the boat tour and visiting the Houston International Seafarers’ Centers afterwards. Lacy Largent at HISC was hosting the group. (See pic. 15 & 16.) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Php. 4:23) God bless all LTS staff www.lifelinetoseamen.org 832-775-5074