Saturday, March 29, 2014

03/23/14 - 03/29/14


Dear seafarer's friends,                                                                                                            03/23/14 - 03/29/14

race 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)


L. & B. - Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, Jesus DVDs on the vessel, and blessed the sailors.
L. & P. - Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed the crew.

2 ships on Friday (03/28):
Agency
Vessel Name
Dock
Nationalities
Activities
BLW
XIAO YU
CAR 2
All Chinese
23 crew, three have shore pass.
L. & P. Shared the Gospel with the captain. (See pic. 1 the one in the middle.) (See pic. 2 for some of the crew.)
ASA
JOSCO FUZHOU
CD 30
All Chinese
24 crew, no one has shore pass. 
L. & P. (See pic. 3 for part of the crew.)

5 ships on Saturday (03/29):        
WIL
ROYAL JUSTICE
CD 32
All Filipino
L. & P.
GES
OCEAN JOURNEY
CD 29
All Filipino
L. & P.
MRS
YACU KALLPA
CD 19
Filipino, Peruvian, and Ukrainian
We were on board last Nov. L. & P.
NLC
GENIUS STAR VII
CD 28
Chinese, and
Vietnamese  
L. & P.
ASC
CRIMSON MAJESTY
CD 17
All Indian
L. & P.

(pic. 4-16 World Seafarer Mission Conference in Cebu, Philippine, 2014)

















The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. (Rev. 22:21)

God bless all
LTS staff
832-775-5074
10924 Lasso Ln. Houston, Tx. 77079

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

03/09/14 - 03/15/14

Dear seafarer's friends,                                                                                               



03/09/14 - 03/15/14

Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. (Jude 2)


L. & B. - Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, Jesus DVDs on the vessel, and blessed the sailors.
L. & P. - Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed the crew.

1 ship on Sunday (03/09):
Agency
Vessel Name
Dock
Nationalities
Activities
WIL
ELEGANT SW
CD 32
All Chinese
L. & P. Shared the Gospel with bosun. (See pic. 1 the fourth one from the right.)

5 ships on Monday (03/10):        
BOU
DANIELLE M BOUCHARD/
SHE W
All American
12 crew, all can go ashore. Left Scripture on board and blessed the ship.
NYK
GREEN LAKE
CD 24
All American
21 crew, all can go ashore. We were on board a year before last Oct.
KCS
OCEAN GLORY
HCC W
All Filipino
20 crew, all have shore pass. L. & P.
BIE
NAVIGATOR MAGELLAN
TAR 2
Filipino, Polish, and Ukrainian
20 crew, all have shore pass. We visited this ship last Oct. L.& P.
MGU
NORD OBTAINER
MAG 1
All Indian
24 crew, all have shore pass. L. & P. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew.  The female in the front is the chief mate’s wife.) One Christian on the ship, electrician.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

3 ships on Tuesday (03/11):
GRG
STAR ISMENE
CD 23
All Filipino
We were on board last Dec. L. & P.
NDS
BBC SWEDEN
CD 28
Russian, and Ukrainian
We came here last May. L. & B.
TNC
FAIRCHEM SWORD
CD 21
All Indian
There were two Christians on the ship, Fourth engineer and a motorman.
L. & B.

2 ships on Wednesday (03/12):
MGU
CMB YASMINE
BLK
All Filipino
24 crew, seven have shore pass. L. & P.
(See pic. 3 for some of the crew.)
WIL
HEILAN STAR
INB
All Chinese
24 crew, no one has shore pass. Shared the Gospel with the chief mate. (See pic. 4 for the one in the middle.) L. & P.
Frank Yu from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy - tothe 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)

God bless all
LTS staff

I am going to Philippine to attend a World Seamen Mission’s Conference.
No ship visitation reports for two weeks. It’ll be resumed after 3/27.
Port Chaplain Thomas Tao

832-775-5074
10924 Lasso Ln. Houston, Tx. 77079

Saturday, March 8, 2014

03/02/14 - 03/08/14

Dear seafarer's friends,                                                                                                    






03/02/14 - 03/08/14

Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's son, will be with us in truth and love. (2 Jn. 3)
L. & B. - Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, Jesus DVDs on the vessel, and blessed the sailors.
L. & P. - Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed the crew.

4 ships on Sunday (03/02):
Agency
Vessel Name
Dock
Nationalities
Activities
MGU
FPMC  23
ITC 8
All Chinese
We were here last Oct. L. & B.
TNC
FPMC 27
ITC 2
All Chinese
23 crew, three have shore pass. We were on board last Oct. L. & B.
TMA
TRANS IBERIA
ITC 7
Filipino, and Romanian
20 crew, all have shore pass. L. & B.
WIL
MARITIME KELLY
ITC 1
All Indian
27 crew, all have shore pass. L. & B.
(See pic. 1 for part of the crew.)

13 ships on Monday (03/03):        
MEV
ORION
KM 3
Chinese, Filipino, Myanmar, and Russian
21 crew, all have shore pass. We were on board last Nov. L. & B.
MGU
EAGLE BOSTON
SHE 2
Chinese, Filipino, Ghanaian, Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean, and Ukrainian
L. & B. (See pic. 2 for the two Chinese crew, training third mate and third engineer from right to left.)
FIL
NAVIGATOR SATURN
TAR 1
Filipino, Polish, Indonesian, and Russian
25 crew, all have shore pass. We came here last Sep. L. & B. (See pic. 3 for some of the crew.)
TMA
ARDMORE CAPELLA
CD 12
Bulgarian, Filipino, Irish, Montenegrin, and Romanian
21 crew, all have shore pass. We visited this ship last Jul. L.& B.
GUH
BRO NIBE
MAG 1
Danish, Filipino, Romanian, and Ukrainian
18 crew, all have shore pass. L. & B.
WIL
NAVIGATOR VIRGO
TAR 5
Filipino, and Polish
17 crew, all have shore pass. L. & B.
ISS
SELJE
CD 30
All Filipino
29 crew, none has shore pass. 
L. & B.  
PBA
GLOBAL LAGUNA
HCC W
All Filipino
21 crew, eight have shore pass. L. & B.
GES
MOONLIGHT SERENADE
CD 23
All Filipino
20 crew, all have shore pass. We were here last Sep. L. & B.
BLW
MOOKDA NAREE
CD 26
Indian, and Thai
20 crew, all have shore pass. L. & B.
TRT
WOODSTAR
CD 9
Indian, and Myanmar
20 crew, five have shore pass. L. & B.
DAV
MTM WESTPORT
MAG 2
Myanmar, and Ukrainian
22 crew, only one has shore pass.
L. & B.
DAV
CHEMBULK ULSAN
OLD 3
All Myanmar
21 crew. The ship was sailing. L. & B.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

4 ships on Wednesday (03/05):
LEW
KURT PAUL
WH 1
Russian, and Ukrainian
16 crew, all have shore pass. We were here a year before last May. L. & B.
BIE
MAPLE 3
TAR 2
Filipino, and Ukrainian
23 crew, all have shore pass. We were on board last Jan. L. & P. (See pic. 4 for part of the crew.)
GAC
CAPTAIN NICHOLAS ML
TAR 5
Croatian, and Filipino
23 crew, all have shore pass. L. & P.
TNC
FORMOSAGAS DIAMOND
P/T A
All Chinese
22 crew, only one have shore pass.
Sold phone cards and blessed the ship.
Frank Yu from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.

4 ships on Thursday (03/06):         
WIL
ORIENTAL DRAGON
CD 26
All Chinese
Left Christian Chinese newspaper on board and blessed the ship.
CHP
NORWID
CD 16
Filipino, and Polish
L. & P.
TMA
STOMAN HERA
CD 19
Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian
L. & B.
BIE
GASCHEM ATLANTIC
CD 11
Estonian, Filipino, German, and Polish
L. & B.

2 ships on Friday (03/07):
TNC
FORMOSAGAS DIAMOND
P/T A
All Chinese
A revisit. L. & B. (See pic. 5 for the second engineer on the right. He is from Taiwan.)
WIL
ORIENTAL DRAGON
CD 26
All Chinese
A revisit. L. & P. (See pic. 6 for part of the crew.)
Eddie Wang and Payton Huang from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

1 ship on Saturday (03/08):
CNA
COSCO HOUSTON
BC 2
All Chinese
We were on board last Oct. Left Christian Chinese newspaper, and Chinese New Testament MP3 on the ship. Prayed and blessed the crew. (See pic. 7 for two of the sailors.)

Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. (3 Jn. 15)

God bless all
LTS staff
832-775-5074
10924 Lasso Ln. Houston, Tx. 77079