05/06/12 - 05/12/12

Dear seafarer's friends,                                                                                 05/06/12 - 05/12/12 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lore Jesus Christ. (Gal. 1:4) ships visited this week, 1 ship on Sunday (05/06): Vessel Name Nationalities Activities     FPMC 24 All Chinese We were on this ship a year before last Apr. Talked to the chief engineer. Blessed the ship. Left Jesus DVDs on board. 4 ships on Monday (05/07): SAFMARINE SUMBA Sri Lanka, Romanian, Russian, and Polish Left Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. HHL NEW YORK All Russian Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on the vessel. DN VATAN All Turkish Left Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on the ship. FPMC 24 All Chinese A revisit on the ship. Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed the ship. (See pic. 1 & 2 for chief cook and chief mate. Ying Dau is on the right.) Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came for the ship visiting today. 3 ships on Tuesday (05/08): STOLT SNELAND Russian, and Ukrainian We were on this ship a year before last Nov. Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on board. BOW MEKKA Filipino, and Norwegian Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on the ship. STOLT PERSEVERANCE Filipino, and Russian We visited this vessel two years before last Apr. Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on the vessel. Hsial Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came to help the ship visitation today. 4 ships on Wednesday (05/09): MARYLISA V Filipino, Greek, and Ukrainian Prayed and blessed the crew. CARL OLDENDORFF Filipino,     Sri Lanka, Indonesian, Ghanaian, and Ukrainian Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on the vessel. Prayed and blessed their families. SAGA JANDAIA All Indian Left Scripture, Gospel materials and Jesus DVD on the ship. There were three Christians on board, an ordinary seaman, one able seaman, and bosun. YONGXING All Chinese We were on board last Dec. An initial visit. Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on the ship. 6 ships on Thursday (05/10): KRISTIN KNUTSEN All Filipino (See pic. 3 for some of the crew.) Prayed and blessed the crew. THOR BRONCO Filipino, and Russian Sold phone cards. COLLEEN Filipino, and Polish Offered free transportation to go to the HISC. BW BOSS Filipino, Russian, Indian, and Norwegian We were on board a year before last Jan. Blessed the ship. PARAMOUNT HATTERAS All Russian Sold phone cards. Offered free transportation to go to the HISC. YONGXING All Chinese A short revisit on the ship. Worked with David Wells from Houston International Seafarers’ Centers for ship visiting this afternoon. 9 ships on Friday (05/11): GITTA OLDENDORFF All Filipino Prayed and blessed the ship. CMB CHARLOTTE All Filipino Prayed and blessed the crew. BOSPORUS HIGHWAY All Filipino Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. (See pic. 4, third one from the right is the captain.) STAR FLORIDA All Filipino We visited the ship last Dec. Prayed and blessed their families. STAR JAPAN All Filipino We were on board last Sep. Prayed and blessed their vessel. PHILINE SCHULTE Filipino, Polish, Ukrainian, and Latvian We were on this ship a year before last Jul. Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on the ship. HERMANN SCHONING All Romanian Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the vessel. DEO VOLENTE All Ukrainian Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on their boat. YONGXING All Chinese Another visit on the ship. None of them have shore pass. We shared the Gospel on board. One deck cadet came to Christ. (See pic. 5 third one from the left is the cadet.) Left Scriptures, and Jesus DVDs. Tony Chao from Fort Bend Community Church and William Liu from Houston Chinese Church came today to help the ministry. 4 ships on Saturday (05/12): YONGXING All Chinese Prayed and blessed the crew. We gave out our personal testimonies and shared the Gospel with two seamen, the commissar and the general steward. (See pic. 6 for us) STAR HANSA All Filipino (See pic. 7 for some of the crew.) Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. HANNA C Filipino,  Russian, and Polish Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on the ship. BOW SIRIUSA Filipino, and Norwegian Left Gospel tracts and Jesus DVDs on their vessel. Justin Chiu, Xuan Min Wang, Yu Liang, Chun Wei Li, Hui Ping Lin, Zhao Feng Dong, Miranda Zhao, and one anonymity from Fort Band Community Church came and helped the ministry today. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. (Gal. 6:18) God bless all LTS staff www.lifelinetoseamen.org 832-775-5074

04/29/12 - 05/05/12

Dear seafarer's friends,                                                                                 04/29/12 - 05/05/12 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Co. 1:2) ships visited this week, 11 ships on Monday (04/30): Vessel Name Nationalities Activities     TOKIWA GLORY All Filipino Prayed and blessed the vessel. CIELO DI SAVONA All Filipino (See pic. 1 for part of the crew.) Prayed and blessed their crew. SANTA PHILIPPA Filipino, and German Prayed and blessed the ship. K. OPAL Filipino, and Korean We were on this ship a year before last Nov. Prayed and blessed the crew. K SPINEL Filipino, and Korean Prayed and blessed their ship. MAERSK GLOBAL Filipino, Ukrainian, Indian, and Chinese (See pic. 2 for some of  the crew.) Prayed and blessed their vessel. PENGHU SW Chinese, and Myanmar Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. UNITED JALUA Myanmar, and Ukrainian Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. CAP GILBERT All Myanmar Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board. CS SAVANNAH All Indian There were four Christians on board, chief mate, second mate, one able seaman, and the chief cook. (See pic. 3 for the captain, in the middle, and the crew.) STOLT VISION All Indian We were on board last Nov. There were three Christians on the ship, general steward, second engineer, and a motorman. Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came for the ship visiting today. 8 ships on Tuesday (05/01): LIAN SHUN HU All Chinese Prayed and blessed the ship. (See pic. 4 for general steward on the left.) K&A SP All Filipino Prayed and blessed their crew. (See pic. 5 for some of the crew.) ZIA BELLE All Filipino We were on board last Aug. Prayed and blessed the vessel. SKOPELOS Filipino, and Greek We visited this ship last Sep. Prayed and blessed their vessel. TANJA JACOB Filipino, Bulgarian, and Croatian Prayed and blessed their families. (See pic. 6 for part of the crew.) KURT PAUL Russian, and Ukrainian Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on board. PRISCO ABAKAN Russian, and Ukrainian Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on the ship. JEANNE MARIE France, and Romanian Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on the vessel. Hsial Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came to help the ship visitation today. 5 ships on Wednesday (05/02): VENUS OCEAN All Filipino We were on their ship a year before last Feb. Prayed and blessed their ship. (See pic. 7 for some of the crew.) SIKYON Filipino, and German We visited the ship last Apr. Prayed and blessed their crew. BERLIN TRADER Filipino, German, and Ukrainian We were on board last Sep. Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on the vessel. MTM SOUTHPORT All Myanmar Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on the ship. OVERSEAS LUXMAR All American We visited this ship last Sep. A short visit. Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came for helping the HISC and the ship visitations this afternoon. 7 ships on Thursday (05/03): IKAN SUJI All Bengalese Left Jesus DVD on the ship. AALBORG Myanmar, and Polish We were on the ship a year before last Jan. Left Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on the vessel. PANAM PACIFICO Myanmar, Croatian, and Ukrainian We visited the ship last Dec. Left Scripture, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. THORCO ATTRACTION Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian Prayed and blessed the crew. PETER SCHULTE Filipino, Russian, and Polish Prayed and blessed their ship. PAC ALKAID Filipino, Singaporian, and Chinese Left Scripture, Christian literature, and Jesus DVD on the ship. FORMOSA THIRTEEN All Chinese We were on board last Jun. Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on the ship. (See pic.8 for two of the crew in the galley.) Prayed with the chief cook on the right in the pic. 3 ships on Friday (04/27): CHEM ANTARES Filipino, Polish, and Ukrainian Prayed and blessed the ship. JIAN QIANG All Chinese Left Scriptures, Gospel materials, and Jesus DVDs on board. Shared Gospel with the captain and the chief mate. They invited us for dinner. Nobody has shore pass. DAEBO PIONEER All Chinese A simple revisit on the ship. They all have shore pass. An anonymity from Fort Bend Community Church came today to help the ministry. 1 ship on Saturday (05/05): WESTERN MAPLE All Chinese Prayed and blessed their crew. We introduced ourselves (everyone), shared the Gospel with nearly half of the sailors and left Scriptures, Christian literatures, and Jesus DVDs on board. They all wanted to reconcile with God and to accept Jesus as their Savior and friend. (See pic. 9 for part of the crew. Pic. 10, The fifth one from the right is the captain) Jeff Shi, yun Wan, Jim Chen, Cheng Cai, Zhi Jie Huang and one anonymity from Fort Band Community Church came and helped the ministry today. 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) God bless all LTS staff www.lifelinetoseamen.org 832-775-5074