Dear seafarer's friends, 07/13/08 - 07/19/08
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Co. 1:2)
ships visited this week
6 ships on Monday:
CEC FUTURE - All Russian. Gave out the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
GLORY ATLANTIC, and INDUSTRIAL CENTURY - All Filipino. Prayed with them and blessed
the vessels.
SEA CONFIDENCE - 5 Myanmar, and Chinese. We were on this ship last April. Some of them still
knew me. Gave them Myanmar Jesus DVD's and prayed with 5 Chinese.
CORDILLERA - Pakistan, Indonesian, Ukrainian, and Romanian. Responsive.
SERPENTINE - All Indian. 4 Christians on board. Prayed with 3 Hindus for Jesus Christ is the only
Son of God.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels.
1 ship on Tuesday:
FORMOSA THIRTEEN - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Nov. I knew the chief engineer. He was
very happy I remembered his full name. After we chatted a little bit, he took me to see the captain. To
my surprise, the captain told me he read the salvation prayer which I wrote and gave away on the
bookmarks every night before he went to bed. I explained a little bit about that we are sinners saving by
grace, and he accepted the Lord as his personal savior.
10 ships on Wednesday:
SAGA JOURNEY, OCEAN ROYAL, SIRIUS HIGHWAY, and PAC ACRUX - All Filipino; Korean, and
Filipino; Japanese, and Filipino; Polish, and Filipino. Prayed with the crew and delivered the
Scripturres.
PILION, ISLAND TRIANGLE, and CEC CENTURY - All Russian; All Ukrainian; Russian, Ukrainian, and
Latvian. Receptive. Blessed the crew and vessels.
YELLOWSTONE, and ISLAND SKIPPER - All Burmese; Greek, Romanian, and Burmese. 4 Christians on the first ship. Delivered God's Word and Jesus DVDs.
FREJA DANIA - All Indian. 3 Christians on board including the captain. Prayed with the captain and
blessed the vessel.
3 ships on Thursday:
FEDERAL MANITOU - Polish, and Sri Lanka. They were glad to receive the Scriptures of their own
languages.
CLIPPER GOLFITO - Korean, Burmese, Ukrainian, and Croatian. Receptive.
LIAN XING HU - All Chinese. We were on this ship last Dec. Since April 2003, I have been visiting
many vessels from various countries. Sometimes I was just wondering how come the hearts of so
many Chinese were so hard. I just pray that more will come to Jesus before He comes back again.
Took 2 Chinese to the seafarer's center.
6 ships on Friday:
STOLT SPRAY, GREEN POINT, and FRONT SYMPHONY - All Filipino; Croatian, and Filipino;
Russian, Ukrainian, and Filipino. Prayed and blessed their loved ones.
GOLDEN IVY, and GOLDEN JANE - Korean, Burmese, and 2 Chinese; Korean, Burmese, and 4
Chinese. Prayed with the Chinese and blessed the vessels. I didn't have a Chinese box, but I had
spared Chinese Bibles and Jesus DVDs.
BERGE SUMMIT - All Indian. 5 Christians on board. I met 3 of them and prayed with them.
10 ships on Saturday:
BOW FAGUS, UAL TEXAS, BBC CAMPANA, KENT LEGISLATION, and YL CONFIDENCE - All
Filipino; Filipino, Russian, Ukrainian, and Dutch; Filipino, Ukrainian, and Russian; Filipino, and
Russian; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian. Prayed for the crew and blessed their vessels.
UAL MEXICO - All Polish. Very receptive.
ESTERE - Russian, Ukrainian, and Latvian. We were refused to go into the mess room, but we still
gave out Scriptures on the deck.
BAYTUR - All Turkish. We had resistance on board, but we were still able to give out Scriptures and
Jesus DVDs.
JOSE STREAM - All Burmese. 2 Christians on board. And one Buddhist said he liked to become a
Christian. We prayed with him and led him invited Jesus to come into his heart. His name is Sunn Yu.
He received the Scripture, and his wife and children are Christians. This ship is going to New Orleans
next.
NAVIG8 STEALTH II - All Indian. 6 Christians on board. We were on this vessel last March 7. We sang
some hymns and blessed the vessel.
Ying-Dau Lu, Mrs.Kelley Kao, and Daniel Jen from HCC came and helped the visit. They were good helpers.
Testimony from Pastor Malone:
* Jesus is my healer as I'm contending with a congestive heart failure. Last Feb. I had many tests to determine what if or anything can be done for my disease. While in my hospital bed one afternoon, I was so weak that I thought I was on my way to heaven. The angels were on standby. I told the Lord I was ready.
* God is so loving and always concerned about you. To my surprise He asked me question: Do you want to come home or remain behind to be with your family and ministry. Since He allowed me to exercise my free will, I chose the latter decision. The next day my cardiologist told me the tests were negative, and that a new modern pacemaker and defibrillator would be inserted. God is always right as you're in line with His perfect will.
* Thomas is doing a great work in the ministry. He's taking brothers with him doing all the ship visiting. I'm
helping in different ways.
* Prayer requests: Since our ministry is in transition, we're having an important board meeting Aug. 12, and Thomas ordination is Aug. 24.
* 2 requests: Anthony Siadari, please send me your testimony about your experience in Houston and present pastoral duties.
* Marshal Bundren, please send me testimony about Turko.
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 brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
07/06/08 - 07/12/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 07/06/08 - 07/12/08
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1Co. 1:3)
ships visited this week
6 ships on Monday:
ATLANTIC ACTION, and LARA - All Russian. Delivered the Russian Scripture and Jesus DVDs.
SEA BELL, and DIAMOND GLORY - Filipino, and Korean; All Filipino. Sharing the faith with them in
prayer and distributed the Scriptures.
SOUTHERN SIRIT, and LI BAI - All Chinese. Praise the Lord, this was the tenth time I had been on the
first ship, first time this year. 6 people prayed the salvation prayer together. We just simply told them
that we wanted to know more about ourselves and more abouat God, therefor we prayed this prayer.
Steve and I sang duet "Follow Me" in Chinese for both vessels. This was a resit on the second vessel.
Eighteen days ago I was on the same vessel.
Steve Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels.
14 ships on Tuesday:
UBC SACRAMENTO, MCP GOTEBORG, AFRICAN FERN, SHIRKAN C, ANDROMEDA, STAINLESS,
NORDMERKUR, and SEA LAVENDER - All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Croatian, and Filipino;
Greek, and Filipino; Polish, Bulgarian, Russian, and Filipino; Russian, Polish, 1 Chinese, Sri lanka,
and Filipino; Greek, Romanian, South African, Serbian, and Filipino. All very responsive.
EAGLE CHARLOTTE, and STOLT TOPAZ - All Indian; British, Ukrainian, Filipino, Dutch, Venezuelan,
and Indian. 6 Christians on the first ship. 1 Muslim caught me to debate the authority of the Bible and
the Koran, I had to use the Scripture to defend myself. He accepted the Scriptures I gave to him and
prayed with me at the end. 1 Christian on the second ship.
DELAWARE TRADER - American. They received 1 copy of the NIV NT.
STOLT MARKLAND, and MARE ATLANTIC - All Russian; Russian, and Georgian. Receptive.
LI BAI - All Chinese. This was a revisit. The commissar was very fond of this visit.
8 ships on Wednesday:
W. H. BLOUNT, and PACIFIC LEADER - Indian, and Filipino; Indian, Filipino, and Sri Lanka. 3 Indian
Christians on board the first ship.
UBC TORONTO, BOW FAGUS, and NORDIC COPENHAGEN - All Filipino; All Filipino; Russian, and
Filipino. Receptive as usual. Prayed and blessed the vessels.
OCEAN ATLAS - American. They received 1 copy of the NIV NT.
SOPHIE RICKMERS - Burmese. Chief cook was the only Christian on board. After we prayed with the
chief cook, the general steward wanted us to pray for him too.
LI BAI - All Chinese. This was the fourth visit I came on this vessel in the last 3 weeks. We had a small
evangelical meeting on board starting with 3 duet hymns and a testimony. Many of them raised their hands for Jesus. Please pray for the discernment of the Lordship of Jesus in their lives.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation a great deal.
4 ships on Thursday:
CEC MEADOW, and BBC TAHITI - Russian, and Filipino; All Russian. They received the Scriptures
and Jesus DVDs with gladness..
. SPT CHALLENGER, and STOLT VISION - All Indian. 4 Christians on the first ship. 3 Christians on the
second ship. Hindus are polytheists. They don't mind you pray with them. I prayed with them and let
them know that Jesus Christ is the Lord.
4 ships on Saturday:
ATLANTIS PRIDE, and CORAL MILLEPORA - All Filipino; Filipino, Russian, Indonesian, and Dutch.
Prayed for their families and blessed their vessels.
ITB MOBILE - American. They received 1 copy of the NIV NT.
CHIPOLBROK SUN - Chinese. We gave them God's Words. 2 persons received Jesus.
Weibin Lu, Suixiong Pan, and Maoye Sun from WHCC came and helped visitation with me. They were great helpers.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen. (1Co. 16:23,24)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1Co. 1:3)
ships visited this week
6 ships on Monday:
ATLANTIC ACTION, and LARA - All Russian. Delivered the Russian Scripture and Jesus DVDs.
SEA BELL, and DIAMOND GLORY - Filipino, and Korean; All Filipino. Sharing the faith with them in
prayer and distributed the Scriptures.
SOUTHERN SIRIT, and LI BAI - All Chinese. Praise the Lord, this was the tenth time I had been on the
first ship, first time this year. 6 people prayed the salvation prayer together. We just simply told them
that we wanted to know more about ourselves and more abouat God, therefor we prayed this prayer.
Steve and I sang duet "Follow Me" in Chinese for both vessels. This was a resit on the second vessel.
Eighteen days ago I was on the same vessel.
Steve Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the vessels.
14 ships on Tuesday:
UBC SACRAMENTO, MCP GOTEBORG, AFRICAN FERN, SHIRKAN C, ANDROMEDA, STAINLESS,
NORDMERKUR, and SEA LAVENDER - All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Croatian, and Filipino;
Greek, and Filipino; Polish, Bulgarian, Russian, and Filipino; Russian, Polish, 1 Chinese, Sri lanka,
and Filipino; Greek, Romanian, South African, Serbian, and Filipino. All very responsive.
EAGLE CHARLOTTE, and STOLT TOPAZ - All Indian; British, Ukrainian, Filipino, Dutch, Venezuelan,
and Indian. 6 Christians on the first ship. 1 Muslim caught me to debate the authority of the Bible and
the Koran, I had to use the Scripture to defend myself. He accepted the Scriptures I gave to him and
prayed with me at the end. 1 Christian on the second ship.
DELAWARE TRADER - American. They received 1 copy of the NIV NT.
STOLT MARKLAND, and MARE ATLANTIC - All Russian; Russian, and Georgian. Receptive.
LI BAI - All Chinese. This was a revisit. The commissar was very fond of this visit.
8 ships on Wednesday:
W. H. BLOUNT, and PACIFIC LEADER - Indian, and Filipino; Indian, Filipino, and Sri Lanka. 3 Indian
Christians on board the first ship.
UBC TORONTO, BOW FAGUS, and NORDIC COPENHAGEN - All Filipino; All Filipino; Russian, and
Filipino. Receptive as usual. Prayed and blessed the vessels.
OCEAN ATLAS - American. They received 1 copy of the NIV NT.
SOPHIE RICKMERS - Burmese. Chief cook was the only Christian on board. After we prayed with the
chief cook, the general steward wanted us to pray for him too.
LI BAI - All Chinese. This was the fourth visit I came on this vessel in the last 3 weeks. We had a small
evangelical meeting on board starting with 3 duet hymns and a testimony. Many of them raised their hands for Jesus. Please pray for the discernment of the Lordship of Jesus in their lives.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation a great deal.
4 ships on Thursday:
CEC MEADOW, and BBC TAHITI - Russian, and Filipino; All Russian. They received the Scriptures
and Jesus DVDs with gladness..
. SPT CHALLENGER, and STOLT VISION - All Indian. 4 Christians on the first ship. 3 Christians on the
second ship. Hindus are polytheists. They don't mind you pray with them. I prayed with them and let
them know that Jesus Christ is the Lord.
4 ships on Saturday:
ATLANTIS PRIDE, and CORAL MILLEPORA - All Filipino; Filipino, Russian, Indonesian, and Dutch.
Prayed for their families and blessed their vessels.
ITB MOBILE - American. They received 1 copy of the NIV NT.
CHIPOLBROK SUN - Chinese. We gave them God's Words. 2 persons received Jesus.
Weibin Lu, Suixiong Pan, and Maoye Sun from WHCC came and helped visitation with me. They were great helpers.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen. (1Co. 16:23,24)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
Thursday, July 3, 2008
06/29/08 - 07/05/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 06/29/08 - 07/05/08
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (Ro. 1:7)
ships visited this week
7 ships on Monday:
INDUSTRIAL DART, INDUSTRIAL CHARGER, and CFL PRUDENCE - All Filipino; All Filipino; Russian,
and Filipino. Shared the Christian faith with them and delivered the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs to
them.
TRITONIA, IKAN SPAT, and TMS MARIA - All Chinese; Filipino, and Chinese; Chinese, and 2 Greek.
CLIPPER TARGET - Indian, and 1 Burmese. Praise the Lord, the first ship was scheduled to sail
before we got there, but she postponed the sailing time for an hour, so we were able to tell them about
Jesus. I was on the second ship many times before, some knew me from the previous visits. There
was one new 2nd officer who was a Christian. We had a fellowship and a prayer meeting together. This
was the 3rd time I visited TMS MARIA since she came to Houston this time around. The captain and I
had the same last name. Steve and I sang duet "Follow Me" in Chinese for them. We had a good time
on board.
Steve Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation.
6 ship on Tuesday:
GULF COAST, EEC PACIFIC, HAMRA, and STATENGRACHT - Indian, and Filipino; Indian, Russian,
Italian, and Filipino; All Filipino; Dutch, and Filipino. I had all good responses from the ships. There
were 2 Indian Christians on the first ship.
HAMRA - Ukrainian. Receptive.
TMS MARIA - Chinese, and 2 Greek. This was the 4th time I came on board in the last 5 days. The
Lord just told me to come back.
6 ships on Wednesday:
FR8 VENTURE - All Indian. 6 Indian Christians on board. Most of them interested in my phone cards,
but still someone liked the Scriptures I gave to them.
SHIPPING-LAND 6, BOW CARDINAL, NORGAS TRADER, and COLUMBIAN EXPRESS - Korean, and
Filipino; Norwegian, and Filipino; Russian, VietNamese, and Filipino; Indian, and Filipino. 3 Korean
Christians on the first ship. They have a worship gathering every Sunday on this vessel. 3 Indian
Christians on the last ship. All the Filipino came out and rushed for the NIV Bibles and the Jesus
DVDs. This was the first time I had ever seen something like this.
TMS MARIA - All Chinese. 2 Greek. This was the fifth visit I came on board in the last 6 days. I had a
good fellowship and prayer meeting with the Catholic 1st engineer.
6 ships on Thursday:
BERNORA, SPT CHAMPION, and ATLANTIC FRONTIER - All Indian. The first ship had 3 Christians.
A Muslim, a Hindu and I prayed together. The second ship had 3 Christians. I was on the third ship
5 months ago. There was only one Christian on board. I prayed for him and gave them the Scriptures
and materials.
ORIENTAL EMERALD - All Russian. Receptive.
. LYRA LEADER - Japanese, and Filipino. This was a vehicle loading ship. The first ship I came by with
more than 3 Japanese crew on it. Short visit.
. CHEMICAL PIONEER - American. They received a NIV Holy Bible right before this Independence day ,
and a copy of the passion of the Christ DVD. People removed the Ten Commandments from the
schools and some public areas but not the ships. Let's clean the ships.
I am attending a West Houston Chinese Church's summer retreat this week end, so there going to be no ship visiting report the next couple of days.
To the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen. (Ro. 16:27)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (Ro. 1:7)
ships visited this week
7 ships on Monday:
INDUSTRIAL DART, INDUSTRIAL CHARGER, and CFL PRUDENCE - All Filipino; All Filipino; Russian,
and Filipino. Shared the Christian faith with them and delivered the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs to
them.
TRITONIA, IKAN SPAT, and TMS MARIA - All Chinese; Filipino, and Chinese; Chinese, and 2 Greek.
CLIPPER TARGET - Indian, and 1 Burmese. Praise the Lord, the first ship was scheduled to sail
before we got there, but she postponed the sailing time for an hour, so we were able to tell them about
Jesus. I was on the second ship many times before, some knew me from the previous visits. There
was one new 2nd officer who was a Christian. We had a fellowship and a prayer meeting together. This
was the 3rd time I visited TMS MARIA since she came to Houston this time around. The captain and I
had the same last name. Steve and I sang duet "Follow Me" in Chinese for them. We had a good time
on board.
Steve Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation.
6 ship on Tuesday:
GULF COAST, EEC PACIFIC, HAMRA, and STATENGRACHT - Indian, and Filipino; Indian, Russian,
Italian, and Filipino; All Filipino; Dutch, and Filipino. I had all good responses from the ships. There
were 2 Indian Christians on the first ship.
HAMRA - Ukrainian. Receptive.
TMS MARIA - Chinese, and 2 Greek. This was the 4th time I came on board in the last 5 days. The
Lord just told me to come back.
6 ships on Wednesday:
FR8 VENTURE - All Indian. 6 Indian Christians on board. Most of them interested in my phone cards,
but still someone liked the Scriptures I gave to them.
SHIPPING-LAND 6, BOW CARDINAL, NORGAS TRADER, and COLUMBIAN EXPRESS - Korean, and
Filipino; Norwegian, and Filipino; Russian, VietNamese, and Filipino; Indian, and Filipino. 3 Korean
Christians on the first ship. They have a worship gathering every Sunday on this vessel. 3 Indian
Christians on the last ship. All the Filipino came out and rushed for the NIV Bibles and the Jesus
DVDs. This was the first time I had ever seen something like this.
TMS MARIA - All Chinese. 2 Greek. This was the fifth visit I came on board in the last 6 days. I had a
good fellowship and prayer meeting with the Catholic 1st engineer.
6 ships on Thursday:
BERNORA, SPT CHAMPION, and ATLANTIC FRONTIER - All Indian. The first ship had 3 Christians.
A Muslim, a Hindu and I prayed together. The second ship had 3 Christians. I was on the third ship
5 months ago. There was only one Christian on board. I prayed for him and gave them the Scriptures
and materials.
ORIENTAL EMERALD - All Russian. Receptive.
. LYRA LEADER - Japanese, and Filipino. This was a vehicle loading ship. The first ship I came by with
more than 3 Japanese crew on it. Short visit.
. CHEMICAL PIONEER - American. They received a NIV Holy Bible right before this Independence day ,
and a copy of the passion of the Christ DVD. People removed the Ten Commandments from the
schools and some public areas but not the ships. Let's clean the ships.
I am attending a West Houston Chinese Church's summer retreat this week end, so there going to be no ship visiting report the next couple of days.
To the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen. (Ro. 16:27)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
Saturday, June 28, 2008
06/22/08 - 06/28/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 06/22/08 - 06/28/08
Grace and peace to you.
ships visited this week
5 ships on Monday:
SANMAR MAJESTY, and ESHIPS EAGLE - All Indian; Indian, Russian, and Latvian. One Christian on
the first ship. A Hindu said he liked to be a Christian when we asked him so. We prayed the salvation
prayer with him and he accepted Jesus into his heart as his Lord and Savior. It all started with a simple
question. Took two Indian crew to seafarers center. Four Christians on the second ship.
BOW CEDAR, and BOW FIRDA - Filipino, and Norwegian; Filipino, and Norwegian. They all have
Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
GOLDEN FLORENCE - Burmese, Korean, one Filipino, and one Chinese. One Burmese Christian on
board.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation with me,
1 ship on Tuesday:
GOLDEN FLORENCE - Revisit for the only one Chinese cadet. I didn't give him a Chinese Bible
yesterday. He loved the one I gave to him today. Very close to salvation. His mother is a Christian.
Took the Korean captain and chief engineer to seafarers center and blessed them.
3 ships on Wednesday:
NORNA N - 5 Bengalese, 1 Ukrainian, 1 Romanian, and Indian. 2 Indian Christians on board. Prayed with the Bengalese captain and the Ukrainian chief engineer. But most importantly we prayed with the
Indian Christian bosun. He needs our prayer support for his stress. We sang duet for them on the
ship.
HYUNDAI TREASURE - Korean, and Burmese. No Burmese Christian, but receptive. Blessed the
crew and ship.
KANG HUAN - All Chinese. 2 Christians. Although they are not baptized yet, they publicly confessed
that they are believers of Jesus Christ. We sang Chinese Christian hymns, and Pastor Chiu gave his
testimony and provided a little entertainment for them. The seed was planted we just pray that the
Holy Spirit will help their faith to grow.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation greatly.
4 ships on Thursday:
AURETTE A - All Turkish. They were all Muslim. But some of them admitted that they were just so so
Muslim. And they loved the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs.
CLIPPER KLARA - All Russian. Not very receptive.
. TMS MARIA - 2 Greek superintendents and the rest was all Chinese. Very open and friendly ship. The
2nd engineer was a baptized Catholic. He got the influence from his grand mom. He was nearly gone
to the seminary because the resistance from his parents. He watched the Jesus movie and the
Passion of the Christ before. He said he will pick up reading the Bible again.
. VARDEN - All Bengalese. Almost everyone can understand Hindi. No Christian on board but I was very
welcomed on the vessel.
4 ships on Friday:
YASA UNSAL SUNAR - Turkish. I was on this ship a month ago, only met some different persons this
time. Everybody was Muslim, still some were interested in the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
NAVIG8 SPIRIT, and NEW RANGER - All Indian; Indian, and Thai. 8 Christians on the first ship. I had
good fellowship with 5 of them together. 2 Christians on the second ship.
ICE FIELD - Ukrainian, and Polish. Responsive. Took 1 Ukrainian to seafarer's center.
3 ships on Saturday:
STOLT AQUAMARINE, and GASCHEM BEN FLOR - Filipino, Dutch, Croatian, Spanish, and 2
Chinese; Filipino, Ukrainian, and Polish. Prayed with the 2 Chinese cadets and lead them closer to
the Lord. Blessed the ships.
TMS MARIA - All Chinese. No short pass. This was the 2nd visit. I concentrated my time on the
captain. After I preached to him he agreed to pray the salvation prayer with me. We need to keep on
praying for his genuine faith in Christ.
Tom's Current Health Condition: (Tom wrote)
On June 24 I had a good report from my cardiologist. Since I have congestive heart failure with a weak,
enlarged heart, I must be careful of not having any re-occurrence. Dr Delgado is a top cardiologist at
the Texas Medical center who is taking very good care of me. I'm following his instructions and am
blessed to be alive.
Thomas is faithfully doing the work of an evangelist, and I'm helping him in different ways. He's being
ordained as a full time chaplain on Aug. 24 at West Houston Chinese Church - his home church.
The seamen's ministry is in transition with new developments in progress. It's becoming better
organized reaching out to move personnel involvement. In answer to prayer, more of God's work is
being accomplished, and we're favored with His anointing.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. (Rev.22: 21)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
Grace and peace to you.
ships visited this week
5 ships on Monday:
SANMAR MAJESTY, and ESHIPS EAGLE - All Indian; Indian, Russian, and Latvian. One Christian on
the first ship. A Hindu said he liked to be a Christian when we asked him so. We prayed the salvation
prayer with him and he accepted Jesus into his heart as his Lord and Savior. It all started with a simple
question. Took two Indian crew to seafarers center. Four Christians on the second ship.
BOW CEDAR, and BOW FIRDA - Filipino, and Norwegian; Filipino, and Norwegian. They all have
Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
GOLDEN FLORENCE - Burmese, Korean, one Filipino, and one Chinese. One Burmese Christian on
board.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation with me,
1 ship on Tuesday:
GOLDEN FLORENCE - Revisit for the only one Chinese cadet. I didn't give him a Chinese Bible
yesterday. He loved the one I gave to him today. Very close to salvation. His mother is a Christian.
Took the Korean captain and chief engineer to seafarers center and blessed them.
3 ships on Wednesday:
NORNA N - 5 Bengalese, 1 Ukrainian, 1 Romanian, and Indian. 2 Indian Christians on board. Prayed with the Bengalese captain and the Ukrainian chief engineer. But most importantly we prayed with the
Indian Christian bosun. He needs our prayer support for his stress. We sang duet for them on the
ship.
HYUNDAI TREASURE - Korean, and Burmese. No Burmese Christian, but receptive. Blessed the
crew and ship.
KANG HUAN - All Chinese. 2 Christians. Although they are not baptized yet, they publicly confessed
that they are believers of Jesus Christ. We sang Chinese Christian hymns, and Pastor Chiu gave his
testimony and provided a little entertainment for them. The seed was planted we just pray that the
Holy Spirit will help their faith to grow.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation greatly.
4 ships on Thursday:
AURETTE A - All Turkish. They were all Muslim. But some of them admitted that they were just so so
Muslim. And they loved the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs.
CLIPPER KLARA - All Russian. Not very receptive.
. TMS MARIA - 2 Greek superintendents and the rest was all Chinese. Very open and friendly ship. The
2nd engineer was a baptized Catholic. He got the influence from his grand mom. He was nearly gone
to the seminary because the resistance from his parents. He watched the Jesus movie and the
Passion of the Christ before. He said he will pick up reading the Bible again.
. VARDEN - All Bengalese. Almost everyone can understand Hindi. No Christian on board but I was very
welcomed on the vessel.
4 ships on Friday:
YASA UNSAL SUNAR - Turkish. I was on this ship a month ago, only met some different persons this
time. Everybody was Muslim, still some were interested in the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
NAVIG8 SPIRIT, and NEW RANGER - All Indian; Indian, and Thai. 8 Christians on the first ship. I had
good fellowship with 5 of them together. 2 Christians on the second ship.
ICE FIELD - Ukrainian, and Polish. Responsive. Took 1 Ukrainian to seafarer's center.
3 ships on Saturday:
STOLT AQUAMARINE, and GASCHEM BEN FLOR - Filipino, Dutch, Croatian, Spanish, and 2
Chinese; Filipino, Ukrainian, and Polish. Prayed with the 2 Chinese cadets and lead them closer to
the Lord. Blessed the ships.
TMS MARIA - All Chinese. No short pass. This was the 2nd visit. I concentrated my time on the
captain. After I preached to him he agreed to pray the salvation prayer with me. We need to keep on
praying for his genuine faith in Christ.
Tom's Current Health Condition: (Tom wrote)
On June 24 I had a good report from my cardiologist. Since I have congestive heart failure with a weak,
enlarged heart, I must be careful of not having any re-occurrence. Dr Delgado is a top cardiologist at
the Texas Medical center who is taking very good care of me. I'm following his instructions and am
blessed to be alive.
Thomas is faithfully doing the work of an evangelist, and I'm helping him in different ways. He's being
ordained as a full time chaplain on Aug. 24 at West Houston Chinese Church - his home church.
The seamen's ministry is in transition with new developments in progress. It's becoming better
organized reaching out to move personnel involvement. In answer to prayer, more of God's work is
being accomplished, and we're favored with His anointing.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. (Rev.22: 21)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
Saturday, June 21, 2008
06/15/08 - 06/21/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 06/15/08 - 06/21/08
Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. (Jude. 2)
ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
FR8 ENDURANCE - All Indian. Four Christians on board. Prayed with two Hindu and two Christians.
They loved to watch the Jesus DVD movie.
CHIPOLBROK MOON, and SAFMARINE DOUALA - All Chinese. No Christian on both vessels. Not
allowed to go to the mess room at the first ship. Only stayed on deck to distribute some Scriptures
and materials. Prayed with six people to receive Jesus on the second ship including the captain and
the chief engineer.
RICKMERS SINGAPORE - One Polish captain, Sri lanka, German, and mainly Filipino. We were on
this ship last February. Gave away the newly received German and Sri Lanka Jesus DVD. Blessed the
crew and the vessel.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation with me,
6 ships on Wednesday:
SKS TANA, and LYCASTE PEACE - All Russian; 2 Russian, and Indian. 10 Indian Christians on the .
second ship. Prayed with 2 Christians and 2 Hindus. Blessed the crew and their families.
STAR GEIRANGER, PINE TRADER, and HEROS - All Filipino; Croatian, and Filipino; Norwegian, and
Filipino. Delivered God's Word and strengthened their faith.
LI BAI - All Chinese. No Christian. The commissar was surprisingly open to the Christianity. We, the
captain and the chief engineer were praying together. But they don't think Americans have a culture.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation today.
6 ships on Thursday:
GO TRADER, EASTWIND, and TANJA JACOB - Romanian, Greek, and Filipino; Greek, and Filipino;
Croatian, Montenegro, German, Ukrainian, and Filipino. They liked the Jesus DVDs and the English
Christian songs CDs. Prayed with them.
. CED MIRAGE - All Russian. Receptive.
RAVEN ARROW, and SPT CRUSADER - All Indian but 1 Myanmar; All Indian. Indian ships are
usually hospitable. Each ship had 2 Indian Christians. Prayed with the Christians as well as the Hindu
and Muslim. Gave them many NIV NTs, Jesus DVDs, and cassette tapes.
4 ships on Saturday:
BRILLIANT SKY, SITEAM EXPLORER, and GLORIANA - All Filipino; Croatian, 2 Chinese, and
Filipino; Ukrainian, Filipino, and mainly Indian.
JING AN CHENG - All Chinese. No short pass. We were on this ship many times before. The crew
was totally rearranged. Some knew me from previous visits, even on the other ships. To get in this
dock was a miracle because I forgot the badge today. Another miracle was that as soon as we got on
the ship, we met the only one Christian on board. The minute he found out that one of us is a pastor,
that was Pastor Jonathan Ling, he went to tears right there. He told us that he got a lot of pressure
from the ship, because everybody knows he is a Christian. And everyone was laughing at him when he
didn't go along with them to the prostitutes. He got a beautiful smile on his face when we left.
Pastor Ling, Mrs. Kelly Kao, and Daniel Jen from HCC came and helped visitation. They helped a lot.
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)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas
Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. (Jude. 2)
ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
FR8 ENDURANCE - All Indian. Four Christians on board. Prayed with two Hindu and two Christians.
They loved to watch the Jesus DVD movie.
CHIPOLBROK MOON, and SAFMARINE DOUALA - All Chinese. No Christian on both vessels. Not
allowed to go to the mess room at the first ship. Only stayed on deck to distribute some Scriptures
and materials. Prayed with six people to receive Jesus on the second ship including the captain and
the chief engineer.
RICKMERS SINGAPORE - One Polish captain, Sri lanka, German, and mainly Filipino. We were on
this ship last February. Gave away the newly received German and Sri Lanka Jesus DVD. Blessed the
crew and the vessel.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation with me,
6 ships on Wednesday:
SKS TANA, and LYCASTE PEACE - All Russian; 2 Russian, and Indian. 10 Indian Christians on the .
second ship. Prayed with 2 Christians and 2 Hindus. Blessed the crew and their families.
STAR GEIRANGER, PINE TRADER, and HEROS - All Filipino; Croatian, and Filipino; Norwegian, and
Filipino. Delivered God's Word and strengthened their faith.
LI BAI - All Chinese. No Christian. The commissar was surprisingly open to the Christianity. We, the
captain and the chief engineer were praying together. But they don't think Americans have a culture.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation today.
6 ships on Thursday:
GO TRADER, EASTWIND, and TANJA JACOB - Romanian, Greek, and Filipino; Greek, and Filipino;
Croatian, Montenegro, German, Ukrainian, and Filipino. They liked the Jesus DVDs and the English
Christian songs CDs. Prayed with them.
. CED MIRAGE - All Russian. Receptive.
RAVEN ARROW, and SPT CRUSADER - All Indian but 1 Myanmar; All Indian. Indian ships are
usually hospitable. Each ship had 2 Indian Christians. Prayed with the Christians as well as the Hindu
and Muslim. Gave them many NIV NTs, Jesus DVDs, and cassette tapes.
4 ships on Saturday:
BRILLIANT SKY, SITEAM EXPLORER, and GLORIANA - All Filipino; Croatian, 2 Chinese, and
Filipino; Ukrainian, Filipino, and mainly Indian.
JING AN CHENG - All Chinese. No short pass. We were on this ship many times before. The crew
was totally rearranged. Some knew me from previous visits, even on the other ships. To get in this
dock was a miracle because I forgot the badge today. Another miracle was that as soon as we got on
the ship, we met the only one Christian on board. The minute he found out that one of us is a pastor,
that was Pastor Jonathan Ling, he went to tears right there. He told us that he got a lot of pressure
from the ship, because everybody knows he is a Christian. And everyone was laughing at him when he
didn't go along with them to the prostitutes. He got a beautiful smile on his face when we left.
Pastor Ling, Mrs. Kelly Kao, and Daniel Jen from HCC came and helped visitation. They helped a lot.
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)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas
Saturday, June 14, 2008
06/08/08 - 06/14/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 06/08/08 - 06/14/08
with us in truth and love. (2 Jn. 3)
ships visited this week
10 ships on Monday:
STAR EAGLE, RICKMERS ANTWERP, AURORA AMETHYST, and GASCHEM BALTIC - All Filipino;
All Filipino; All Filipino; German, Polish, and Filipino. Friendly and responsive, no Bible Study on those
ships.
SILVERIE - All Romanian. A short visit but we prayed with them for their family members and the crew.
OVERSEAS AMBERMAR - American. Receptive.
CITRON - Indian, and three Turkish. Three Indian Christians on board. Prayed with one Hindu and one
Muslim.
CHEMBULK SAVANNAH - Myanmar and one Georgian chief engineer. No Christian on board except
the chief engineer. Prayed with 3 Myanmar to receive Jesus.
STELIOS B - Egyptian. Gave out Arabic Jesus DVDs. They wanted us to go back.
CLIPPER FAITH - Russian. Blessed the crew and the vessel.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation with me today. He was really helpful.
5 ships on Wednesday:
INDUSTRIAL CHAMP, SANKO BRAVE, and RIO MAGDALENA - All Filipino; British, Bulgarian, and
Filipino; Panama, Nicaraguan, and Filipino. We were on the third ship and prayed with the Nicaraguan
Christian. Others kept coming, we blessed them and their families.
STELIOS B - Egyptian. This was a revisit. They wanted some phone cards, and they also wanted
some more Arabic Jesus DVDs.
THOR NEPTUNE - Thai. No Christian. A short visit. Blessed the vessel.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation ministry today.
5 ships on Thursday:
BOW FLOWER, SWIFT SPLIT, and CARAVOS GALAXY - All Filipino; Filipino, Croatian, and
Montenegro; Filipino, and 2 Russian. Prayed with them, blessed their families and their crew.
. TIGULLIO STAR - All Russian. Receptive.
CHEMBULK KOBE - 2 Ukrainian, and Myanmar. This ship was here last April. No Myanmar Christian
on this vessel. Prayed with 2 of them. Blessed their country and the vessel.
6 ships on Saturday:
JULIA, and ALEXIA - All Ukrainian; All Russian. Responsive.
SAFMARINE DOUALA - All Chinese. No short pass. Initial visit, just gave out several Jesus DVDs.
The ship is sailing on next Tuesday, and we said we will come back on Monday.
CHAMPION SPIRIT, BRIGHT PACIFIC, and T STAR - Indian, Croatian, Romanian, 3 Chinese, and
Filipino; Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Vietnamese, and Filipino; 5 Korean, and Filipino. Prayed with 2
Chinese on Board, Although they were not that receptive, they received the Jesus DVDs.
Weibin Lu from WHCC came and helped visitation with me. He was a great helper.
Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. (3 Jn. 15)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas
with us in truth and love. (2 Jn. 3)
ships visited this week
10 ships on Monday:
STAR EAGLE, RICKMERS ANTWERP, AURORA AMETHYST, and GASCHEM BALTIC - All Filipino;
All Filipino; All Filipino; German, Polish, and Filipino. Friendly and responsive, no Bible Study on those
ships.
SILVERIE - All Romanian. A short visit but we prayed with them for their family members and the crew.
OVERSEAS AMBERMAR - American. Receptive.
CITRON - Indian, and three Turkish. Three Indian Christians on board. Prayed with one Hindu and one
Muslim.
CHEMBULK SAVANNAH - Myanmar and one Georgian chief engineer. No Christian on board except
the chief engineer. Prayed with 3 Myanmar to receive Jesus.
STELIOS B - Egyptian. Gave out Arabic Jesus DVDs. They wanted us to go back.
CLIPPER FAITH - Russian. Blessed the crew and the vessel.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation with me today. He was really helpful.
5 ships on Wednesday:
INDUSTRIAL CHAMP, SANKO BRAVE, and RIO MAGDALENA - All Filipino; British, Bulgarian, and
Filipino; Panama, Nicaraguan, and Filipino. We were on the third ship and prayed with the Nicaraguan
Christian. Others kept coming, we blessed them and their families.
STELIOS B - Egyptian. This was a revisit. They wanted some phone cards, and they also wanted
some more Arabic Jesus DVDs.
THOR NEPTUNE - Thai. No Christian. A short visit. Blessed the vessel.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation ministry today.
5 ships on Thursday:
BOW FLOWER, SWIFT SPLIT, and CARAVOS GALAXY - All Filipino; Filipino, Croatian, and
Montenegro; Filipino, and 2 Russian. Prayed with them, blessed their families and their crew.
. TIGULLIO STAR - All Russian. Receptive.
CHEMBULK KOBE - 2 Ukrainian, and Myanmar. This ship was here last April. No Myanmar Christian
on this vessel. Prayed with 2 of them. Blessed their country and the vessel.
6 ships on Saturday:
JULIA, and ALEXIA - All Ukrainian; All Russian. Responsive.
SAFMARINE DOUALA - All Chinese. No short pass. Initial visit, just gave out several Jesus DVDs.
The ship is sailing on next Tuesday, and we said we will come back on Monday.
CHAMPION SPIRIT, BRIGHT PACIFIC, and T STAR - Indian, Croatian, Romanian, 3 Chinese, and
Filipino; Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Vietnamese, and Filipino; 5 Korean, and Filipino. Prayed with 2
Chinese on Board, Although they were not that receptive, they received the Jesus DVDs.
Weibin Lu from WHCC came and helped visitation with me. He was a great helper.
Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. (3 Jn. 15)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas
Saturday, June 7, 2008
06/01/08 - 06/07/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 06/01/08 - 06/07/08
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. (2 Pet. 1:2)
ships visited this week
11 ships on Monday:
ATLANTIC RUNNER, and GREEN CHAPECO - All Russian. Responsive.
ORLA, and BBC ECUADOR - All Polish; Polish, and 2 Russian. Receptive.
UAL CYPRUS, NORA, SKARVEN, and RICKMERS SHANGHAI - Filipino, and Polish; Filipino,
Russian, and Croatian; Filipino, Indian, Thai, 1 Chinese, and Malaysian Captain; Filipino, Russian,
Croatian, and 1 Dutch. We prayed with the Chinese and one Hindu together. They all received
Jesus in their hearts. Steven was sharing the Gospel with the Chinese while I talking to the Hindu.
NAMRUN - Turkish. First there was resistance. Then they were gladly received the Jesus DVDs.
JOSE BRIGHT - Myanmar. Prayed with the only one Christian on board. His older sister is still
missing from the Cyclone. Please keep on praying for her safety.
SPRUCE GALAXY - 10 Korean, 9 Chinese, and 1 Myanmar. 1 Korean Christian. Prayed with the
Chinese crew in 2 groups. They all received Jesus but 1 was absent.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation with me today.
9 ships on Wednesday:
EAST SIBERIAN SEA, AFRODITE, ARIADNE, and SCM ATHINA - Russian; Russian; Russian;
Russian, and Ukrainian. We delivered the Scriptures with no regrets.
KIHULAND, BOW SUN, SYN ACRAB, and TASMAN CHIEF - Filipino, and Norwegian; Filipino, and
Norwegian; Filipino, and Italian; Filipino, Sri Lanka, and Maldivian. The Filipino as well as the Sri
Lanka crew were very polite people. We didn't stay long but prayed with them and blessed the ships.
PACIFIC MAKASSAR - British, Ukrainian, Filipino, and Chinese. They all have short pass. Prayed
with 1 Chinese, the rest were not interested in praying. We had a good conversation. however, we
ended the conversation with the salvation prayer.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation ministry all day today.
5 ships on Friday:
STOLT MOUNTAIN, TURICUM, and GLORY ACE - Filipino, Russian, Croatian, Romanian, Indian, and
Indonesian; All Filipino; All Filipino. They all have Bible Study on the vessels. The captain of GLORY
ACE is a Christian. He holds a worship service every Sunday 2:00 pm in the mess room. Gave them
extra Bible Study materials - Gospel of John, and strengthened their faith with God's Word and blessed
the crews and their families.
. SILVERFJORD - 2 Polish, and the rest were Myanmar. No Myanmar Christian on the vessel. Prayed
with 3 of them with the salvation prayer, blessed their country and their vessel.
LIAN SHENG HU - All Chinese. This ship was here last November. 90% of the crew was changed.
Prayed with three to invite Jesus in their hearts. Took 4 people to Wal Mart and brought them back,
prayed with them and for the recovery of China's earthquake also. .
To him be glory both now and forever! (2 Pet. 3:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. (2 Pet. 1:2)
ships visited this week
11 ships on Monday:
ATLANTIC RUNNER, and GREEN CHAPECO - All Russian. Responsive.
ORLA, and BBC ECUADOR - All Polish; Polish, and 2 Russian. Receptive.
UAL CYPRUS, NORA, SKARVEN, and RICKMERS SHANGHAI - Filipino, and Polish; Filipino,
Russian, and Croatian; Filipino, Indian, Thai, 1 Chinese, and Malaysian Captain; Filipino, Russian,
Croatian, and 1 Dutch. We prayed with the Chinese and one Hindu together. They all received
Jesus in their hearts. Steven was sharing the Gospel with the Chinese while I talking to the Hindu.
NAMRUN - Turkish. First there was resistance. Then they were gladly received the Jesus DVDs.
JOSE BRIGHT - Myanmar. Prayed with the only one Christian on board. His older sister is still
missing from the Cyclone. Please keep on praying for her safety.
SPRUCE GALAXY - 10 Korean, 9 Chinese, and 1 Myanmar. 1 Korean Christian. Prayed with the
Chinese crew in 2 groups. They all received Jesus but 1 was absent.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped the ship visitation with me today.
9 ships on Wednesday:
EAST SIBERIAN SEA, AFRODITE, ARIADNE, and SCM ATHINA - Russian; Russian; Russian;
Russian, and Ukrainian. We delivered the Scriptures with no regrets.
KIHULAND, BOW SUN, SYN ACRAB, and TASMAN CHIEF - Filipino, and Norwegian; Filipino, and
Norwegian; Filipino, and Italian; Filipino, Sri Lanka, and Maldivian. The Filipino as well as the Sri
Lanka crew were very polite people. We didn't stay long but prayed with them and blessed the ships.
PACIFIC MAKASSAR - British, Ukrainian, Filipino, and Chinese. They all have short pass. Prayed
with 1 Chinese, the rest were not interested in praying. We had a good conversation. however, we
ended the conversation with the salvation prayer.
Pastor Jonathan Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped the visitation ministry all day today.
5 ships on Friday:
STOLT MOUNTAIN, TURICUM, and GLORY ACE - Filipino, Russian, Croatian, Romanian, Indian, and
Indonesian; All Filipino; All Filipino. They all have Bible Study on the vessels. The captain of GLORY
ACE is a Christian. He holds a worship service every Sunday 2:00 pm in the mess room. Gave them
extra Bible Study materials - Gospel of John, and strengthened their faith with God's Word and blessed
the crews and their families.
. SILVERFJORD - 2 Polish, and the rest were Myanmar. No Myanmar Christian on the vessel. Prayed
with 3 of them with the salvation prayer, blessed their country and their vessel.
LIAN SHENG HU - All Chinese. This ship was here last November. 90% of the crew was changed.
Prayed with three to invite Jesus in their hearts. Took 4 people to Wal Mart and brought them back,
prayed with them and for the recovery of China's earthquake also. .
To him be glory both now and forever! (2 Pet. 3:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas
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