Lifeline To Seamen Ministry

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/26/12 - 09/01/12
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 (09/03):

Vessel Name	Nationalities	Activities
MAPLE 3	Filipino, and Ukrainian	We were on this ship last Jul. (See pic. 1 for one of the crew.) Prayed and blessed the crew.
UBC SINGAPORE	Filipino, Polish, and Australian	Prayed and blessed the ship.
AFRODITE	Ukrainian, and Georgian	Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs on board.
OCEAN CRESCENT	All American	Left one Holy Bible on the ship blessed the crew and their families.
PACIFIC WISDOM	All Chinese	Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed with them and blessed the vessel. (See pic. 2 for part of the crew.)

Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ship visiting today.

This is the once a week ship visiting agreement which Lifeline to Seamen Inc. has been doing

for the HISC since last May.

3 ships on Tuesday (09/04):

NIPPON HIGHWAY	All Filipino	21 on board. All have shore passes. We visited this ship last Jan. A short visit. Sailing this evening.
DREGGEN	All Indian	22 crew. All have shore passes. We were on board a year before last Jun. There were four Christians on the ship, third engineer, electrician, one motorman, and one able seaman. (See pic. 3 for some of the crew.)
MANDARIN HANTONG	All Chinese	22 crew. None of them has visa. Steve Chao preached to the chief engineer. Captain knows many things about Christianity, but still refuse Jesus. (See pic. 4 for part of the crew.) Left Scriptures, Jesus DVD on board and blessed the ship.

Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

2 ships on Wednesday (09/05):

FORMOSA THIRTEEN	All Chinese	22 on board, only two have shore pass, captain and the second mate who is also a Christian. (See pic. 5, the one on the far right.) Prayed and blessed the ship.
PACIFIC WISDOM	All Chinese	28 crew. No one has visa. A revisit on the ship. Left Jesus DVD on board.

Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and helped the visitation today.

2 ships on Thursday (09/06):

QU SHAN HAI	All Chinese	A revisit. Brought two watermelon to the crew.
MANDARIN HANTONG	All Chinese	A revisit on the ship. Prayed and blessed the ship.

11 ships on Friday (09/07):

MAPLE LEA	All Filipino	Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVD on board. Prayed and blessed the ship.
STAR FRASER	All Filipino	Left Scripture, Daily Bread, and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed the crew.
TAKESHIO	All Filipino	Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVD on the ship. Prayed and blessed the vessel.
NEWMAKET	Filipino, and Ukrainian	Prayed and blessed the boat.
SLAVNIK	Filipino, Russian, and Yugoslavian	Prayed and blessed their crew.
BBC UKRAINE	Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian	Prayed and blessed their ship.
AZIZI	Filipino, German, and Ukrainian	Prayed and blessed their families.
SEABOARD RANGER	Filipino, Polish, and German	Prayed and blessed their vessel.
SEABOARD PERU	Filipino, Polish, German, and Montenegrin	Prayed and blessed their boat.
BBC FRANCE	Russian, German, Georgian, Latvian, and Ukrainian	Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs on board. Blessed the crew.
BBC ODER	Russian, and Ukrainian	Left Scripture, and Jesus DVDs on board. Blessed the ship.