04/13/08 - 04/19/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 04/13/08 - 04/19/08

Grace and peace to you from god the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Th. 1:2)
Steve Yeboah took 3 Chinese from ALAM SELAMAT to his church last Saturday and 3 salvation.
ships visited this week
I took another 4 Chinese from ALAM SELAMAT to WHCC on Sunday and 2 salvation.
10 ships on Monday:
LEPTA MERMAID, and MARIA KNUTSEN - All Filipino. Prayed with the Christians blessed their
families and the vessels.
CHEMBULK NEW YORK, and GOLDEN DOMINIQUE - All Burmese; Korean, and Burmese. Handed
to them the Burmese Bible and the Burmese and Korean Jesus DVDs. The Lord will move their hearts.
NINAE, and FR8 ENDEAVOUR - All Indian. The first ship has 10 Christians. The second ship has 4 Christians and 1 Hindu opened his heart for Jesus.
PACIFIC RELIANCE/650, TOSCANA, NORDANA ANDREA, and RYBNO - American; Polish, Thai;
and Russian. Receptive..
5 ships on Tuesday:
BRAVE NV, and PHILIPPOS - Filipino, Greek; Filipino, Romanian; Praise the Lord, they do their Bible
study in their own cabin.
BBC MISSISSIPPI, and STOLZEN - All Russian; All Indian. The Indian ship has 3 Christians on board, . bosun, fitter, and electricain, Bosun, fitter and I, we all prayed in the bosun's cabin. The fitter used his
own language. We prayed for the ship, the crew, and their families. What a wonderful day it is.
FORMOSA SEVEN - Chinese. One believer on board. The copper smith, he has not been baptized yet
everybody calls him a Christian. He prayed every night before his bed. He said he well get baptized
when he gets home. Some people knew me from previous visits. The captain was a very nice person,
he kindly turned off the TV when we gave thanks to the Lord at the meal in public. 1 salvation and gave
out all the Scriptural and Gospel materials.
3 ships on Thursday:
NORD OPTIMISER - All Indian. Only 1 Christian, chief cook on board. He is a Tamil. Prayed with 6
Hindus. They all receptive.
SEA CONFIDENCE - Chinese, and Burmese. Captain is from Hong-Kong. We talked to him for 50
minutes he still kind of refused the gospel but finally he agreed he liked to know Jesus more. Another 2
seamen came to us and wanted to know more about Christianity. No salvation but the seed was
planted.
LU XUN - Chinese. We were on this ship 3 weeks ago. No resistance but the updated Gospel
materials we gave out were not very happily received by the captain.
Pastor Ling-Kwang Chiu from Formosan Evangelical Church came and helped for the ship visitation today.
4 ships on Friday:
SAGA MINERVA - Polish. Gave out the Jesus' DVDs and blessed the vessel.
BBC ENGLAND, and FORTUNE EPOCH - Russian, and Filipino; Japanese, Korean, and Filipino.
Prayed for the crew and their family members.
ALAM SELAMAT - Chinese. 3 baptized Christians on board including the captain. One is still
smoking.
Pray the Lord will change his heart as well as his life. 6 came to me and we prayed the salvation
prayer. Took 2 to Wal Mart.
1 ship on Saturday:
FORMOSA ELEVEN - Chinese. 7 people came to the Lord including the captain.
Here is Pastor Malone's present heart condition:
2 month ago Pastor Malone had congestive heart failure. His heart is week and enlarged. Thank God the cardiologist was able to place a new pacemaker with defibrillator and an extra lead. Although Pastor Malone can't drive for 6 months, he is slowly regaining his strength by exercising and eating low sodium foods. Thank you for your prayers for a healthy heart and speedy recovery.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. (2Th. 3:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas

04/06/08 - 04/12/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 04/06/08 - 04/12/08

Grace and peace to you. (1Th. 1:1)
ships visited this week
8 ships on Monday:
ORIENTAL, PAC ALTAIR, ORION HIGHWAY, and POLYHRONIS - Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, and
Chinese; mixed crew but mainly Filipino; All Filipino. Prayed with 2 Chinese one of them was a
Buddhist on PAC ALTAIR. Also prayed with the Christian Filipino chief officer.
CAPE BILBAO, MARIDA PATNOS, and MARIANAO ICE - Russian; Russian; Russian, and Ukrainian.
MARIANAO ICE comes in Houston once every two months regularly, loading chicken. Receptive.
AALBORG - Polish, Romanian, and Bulgarian. Gave out the Scripture and Gospel materials and
blessed the ship.
7 ships on Tuesday:
SEIJIN, ISABEL KNUTSEN, and CLIPPER TOBGO - Filipino, Japanese; Filipino, Russian; Filipino,
Filipino, Ukrainian. They all receptive.
KONDOR EXPLORER, and BBC FRANCE - Ukrainian, and Russian; German, Russian, and Ukrainian.
Russian Bibles are low in stock now, but whatever I gave out they took it.
PANUM ATLANTICO - Burmese, and Croatian. Two Christians on this vessel but they went to shore.
open his heart for Jesus. Prayed with one Burmese and blessed the vessel.
INCE ATLANTIC - Turkish. They didn't have short pass, but they were so friendly. Finish distributing
all the Gospel materials.
12 ships on Wednesday:
SIAN-C, BBC TOGO, RICKMERS HAMBURG, ROSARIE A. DESGAGNES, TOWER BRIDGE,
GLORIOUS SUNRISE, AEGEAN GLORY, and BALTIMAR SATURN - Filipino, Romanian; Filipino,
Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish; Filipino, Polish; Filipino, Russian, Polish, and Bulgarian; Filipino,
Russian, and Indian; All Filipino; Filipino, Russian, and Greek; All Filipino. There was a Filipino
Christian came to me on BALTIMAR SATURN and said that he was a born again Baptist. I asked him if
they had Bible study on the ship. He said they used to, but now it only happened once in a while. I gave
him some Bible study materials for encouragement and prayed with him. It's a thrill to know that the
idea of "church" is beginning to form on some of these Filipino ships.
IEVOLI SPLENDOR, STOLT LOYALTY, and KENT TRADER - All Russian; Russian, Ukrainian;
Russian, Ukrainian, and Burmese. Good visits and good responses.
GLOBAL ESCORT - Korean, and Burmese. 2 Korean and 1 Burmese Christians.
10 ships on Thursday:
ASSTRO ALTAIR, FUSUS, and MARITIME JEONGAM - All Filipino. MARITIME JEONGAM sometimes
have church service on the ship. Chief officer is the leader. Please pray for his 20 years daughter's
painful stomach.
NS CENTURY, TEAM SPIRIT, and VORUTA - All Russian; All Russian; Russian, Ukrainian, and
lithuania. Receptive.
DIKLO, SITAVERA - Croatian; Indian. The Indian ship has four Christians on board. Encouraged them
and prayed with them.
GIOVANNI DP - Italian, Romanian, and Latvian. Very interested in the Scriptures.
SABRATA STAR - Indonesian, and Montenegrin. Responsive.
4 ships on Friday:
SAGA MINERVA - Polish. Gave out the Jesus' DVDs and blessed the vessel.
BBC ENGLAND, and FORTUNE EPOCH - Russian, and Filipino; Japanese, Korean, and Filipino.
Prayed for the crew and their family members.
ALAM SELAMAT - Chinese. 3 baptized Christians on board including the captain. One is still smoking.
Pray the Lord will change his heart as well as his life. 6 came to me and we prayed the salvation
prayer. Took 2 to Wal Mart.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1Th. 5:28)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

03/30/08 - 04/05/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/30/08 - 04/05/08

Grace and peace to you from God our Father. (Col. 1:2)
ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
FORMOSA TEN - Chinese. Prayed with 4 people with the salvation prayer. Stayed almost 3 hours on
board shared the Gospel with them. We were on this ship last June, all the crew has been changed.
GRETA - Indian. 4 Christians on board, 3 from Goan and 1 from Malayalan.
FUAT BEY - Turkish. Watched the Turkish Jesus DVD with them.
STOLT ZULU - All Filipino. Prayed and blessed their families and the vessel.
14 ships on Tuesday:
STAR FRASER, PACIFIC FLORES, CEC CALEDONIA, and PORTLAND CASTLE - All Filipino;
Filipino, Chinese, and British; Filipino, and British; Russian, Ukrainian, and Filipino, None of them
has any Bible study on board, I gave them Bible study material for encouragement, Prayed and
blessed their families and their vessels. One Chinese 3rd officer was willing to pray with me and letting
me shared my testimony. He was not far from the salvation.
GREEN CONCORDIA, CAJA COUNTESS, SILVAPLANA, and CEC MORNING - Russian; Ukrainian;
Ukrainian; Russian. Prayed with one Russian Orthodox.
FUAT BEY - Turkish. Revisited the ship. Brought them Ingils this time. At least one Bible on each ship
will help them to know Christ.
YICK LEE - Chinese. We were on this ship two years ago. Four people came and were helped to ask
Jesus to coming into their hearts.
ROSBORG, and PADUS RIVER - Romanian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Polish, and Filipino; Croatian,
Burmese, Polish, Romanian, and Ukrainian. Very happy to deliver the Scriptures and Jesus DVD's to
them.
PEONY - Burmese. Two Christians on this vessel but they went to shore. Prayed with one Buddhist to
open his heart for Jesus.
SVETI NIKOLA I - Croatian. Prayed with one Christian and blessed his family.
10 ships on Thursday:
ZUNI PRINCESS, MALTE B, and SYN ACRAB - All Filipino; Russian, and Filipino; Italain, Ukrainian,
and Filipino. Good response.
STADIONGRACHT, BRIGHT EXPRESS, EAGLE ARROW, and RISANGER - Dutch, Estonian,
Russian, and Fillipino; Romanian, Polish, Croatian, Indian, Indonesian, and Filipino; Polish, Croatian,
Indonesian, and Filipino; Russian, Ukrainian, Latvian, and Filipino. Receptive and cooperative in prayer.
MOSCOW KREMLIN - Ruissan. Responsive.
LEVANTE - Polish. Receptive but not very much interested in the Gospel.
SUZAKU - Chinese. They liked to watch the Jesus DVD. Ten people came to pray the salvation prayer
with me including the captain. Took three of them to Wal Mart, the chief officer, the 2nd officer, and the
2nd engineer. This ship is sailing to New Orleans this coming Friday.
4 ships on Friday:
CHEMBULK KOBE - Burmese. Prayed with five Buddhists on board and exalted Jesus' name on this
ship. Another seaman asked me for the Myanmar Bible. I cautiously gave him the only one I had on
hand. May God's own Word satisfies his soul. This vessel was here last May.
IVER PROGRESS, ONEGO EXPLORER, and MAYA - Russian, and Filipino; Russian, Polish, and
Romanian; Russian, Polish, and Indian. The last two ships were here a year before last December.
Very friendly ships, opened to the Gospel.
Grace be with you. (Col. 4:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

03/23/08 - 03/29/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/23/08 - 03/29/08

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Php. 1:2)
ships visited this week
4 ships on Monday:
LU XUN - Chinese. The vessel was ready to sail. 1 salvation.
CHOPIN - Polish, and Chinese. The polish captain is a Christian, and the Chinese bosun is a Christian.
Fairly receptive. 3 salvations.
STAR GRIP, and CENTURY ELKHORN - All Filipino. Prayed and blessed their families and the
vessels.
9 ships on Tuesday:
STAR GRIP, SIROCCO, and ORIENTAL - All Filipino, revisit the ship; Filipino and Russian; All Filipino,
prayed and blessed the ships.
GETALDIC - Croatian. Only distribute some Gospel booklets.
REBECCA, and LYRA - Ukrainian; and Russian. Shared the Russian Scriptural materials with them.
TSGT JOHN A. CHAPMAN - American. All the crew were not there, only a security guard on the
deck. He said that I was very nice, so I left him a NIV and blessed his family.
RICKMERS NEW ORLEANS - German. A very sweet female cadet was sitting on top of the gangway.
I didn't have any German Bible to give to her, only shaked her hands and blessed her vessel. I need
some German Scriptures..
CONFIDENCE OCEAN - Chinese. I didn't go on the ship, only gave the Scriptures, Jesus DVD's and
the Gospel newspapers to the 2nd officer and prayed with him to ask Jesus to coming to his heart.
4 ships on Thursday:
TRISTEIN - Ukrainian. Gave out Scriptures and they received them gladly..
ELENI K, UAL ANGOLA, and NANDU AROW - All Filipino; Filipino; Filipino and Indian. They all had
Scriptures on board but none of the ship had Bible study. Prayed with them and blessed the vessels.
Pastor Malone is still having a lot of Doctor's appointments. We need to keep praying for him.
The trip to Braizil World Conference was really worthwhile. I made friends in Christ there, and had a closer look of what I called a universal church there too.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Php. 4:23)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

03/09/08 - 03/15/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/09/08 - 03/15/08

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 1:2)
YUAN PING SEA is sailing to New Orleans this coming weekend.
ships visited this week
6 ships on Monday:
ANNA DESGAGNES, UTA, and ATLANTIC GALAXY - All Russian; Russian, and Ukrainian; Russian,
and mostly Indian. Russian is proud of their own language even they can speak English. I prayed with a
Russian Christian in English, he seemed a little bit uneasy. There were four Indian Christians on
ATLANTIC GALAXY.
GRAND PAVO, and WINDSOR CASTLE - All Filipino; Russian, Bulgarian, and Filipino. Prayed with
them, blesse their families and their vessels.
BASIC RELIANCE - 2 Korean, and 19 Chinese. We were on this ship many times before. All new
crew. Prayed with ten people to come to Christ at dinner.
8 ships on Tuesday:
BALTIMAR ORION, INDUSTRIAL HORIZON, and HARUNA EXPRESS - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino,
and Croatian. Prayed with them and confirmed their faith in Jesus Christ. Blessed their vessels.
BERNARDO QUINTANA A, and HIGH PROSPERITY - Indian, and Filipino. 2 Indian Christians on each
ship. God is still giving opportunities to Indian to turn from their false gods to the true and living God.
OCEAN TITAN - American. It was thought to be a Filipino crew, but turned out to be an American crew.
They all have Bibles. So I just prayed with them. May God bless their families and the vessel.
GULF JASH - Russian. Receptive.
SMOLYAN - Bulgarian. 2 Bulgarian Christians came to receive their Scriptures, Jesus DVD's and the
blessings.
3 ships on Thursday:
STAR THETA - Russian, and Filipino. The Russian was happier than the Filipino to receive the
Scriptures.
ZEYNEP A - Turkish crew and Ukrainian captain. Friendly welcomed, They even kept us for dinner
but we politely declined.
FU AN CHENG - Chinese. We were on this ship last November. The boatswain knew us. His family are
Christians. We chatted about the faith and religion until we had to leave.
James from West Houston Chinese Church came and visited the ships with me today.
Pastor Malone still has a lot of Doctor's appointments to keep. He is getting better but needs more rest.
I am going to Brazil for the seamen mission World Conference from 03/14/08 - 03/21/08. Weekly ship visitation report will be resumed after I come back.
Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. (Eph. 6:24)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

03/02/08 - 03/08/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 03/02/08 - 03/08/08

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Gal. 1:3)
ships visited this week
Steve went with a Chinese minister on the Chinese ship DA QING on Wednesday.
5 ships on Thursday:
GEM OF MANGALORE - Indian. 7 Christians on board, 4 of them from Goan including the chief cook.
Almost everyone had a copy of the Jesus movie DVD including the captain. One of them wanted me to
pray for his family.
CHEMBULK GIBRALTAR - Burmese. Receptive.
RICKMERS DALIAN, STAR FLORIDA, and JO ASK - Filipino, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Polish
captain; Mainly Filipino; Mainly Filipino. They received the Gospel materials and blessings with
gladness.
3 ships on Friday:
NAVIG8 STEALTH, SPT CRUSADER, and JAG PUSHPA - All Indian. Friendly welcomed. 3 Christians and 3 Hindus came to pray with us on NAVIG8 STEALTH; 2 Christians on SPT CRUSADER. Hindus
believed in all gods. We just prayed with them that there is only one true God. His name is Jesus and
He lives in those people's hearts. Those who believe in Him and accept Him as their own personal Lord
and Savior.
One person from the senior group of West Houston Chinese Church came and visited the ships with me today. He is 77 years old.
Pastor Malone had good reports form the doctors yesterday. He needs some exercise and plenty of rest.
3 ships on Saturday:
JULIA, and RICKMERS DALIAN - All Ukrainian; Filipino, German, Polish, Romanian, Croatian, and
Ukrainian. Responsive.
YUAN PING SEA - Chinese. We were on this vessel last November and a few times before. Many
familiar faces. I shared the God's Word with the captain and asked him to let me help him to invite
Jesus to coming into his heart. We also asked everyone in the dinning room to let us say grace and
give thanks to the Lord before the meal.
A young Christian from WHCC came with me to visit the ships today. Thank the Lord for the partnership.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. (Gal. 6:18)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao

02/24/08 - 03/01/08

Dear seafarer's friends, 02/24/08 - 03/01/08

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Co. 1:2)
02/01: 4 ships
SCM ELPIDA, BOW EURAPE, and JO DASHI - Russian, and mainly Filipinos. A splendid time of
sharing, Prayed and blessed them and their families.
ID SYMPHONY - Chinese. The Chinese are hungry for the Word, and God has given us a mandate to
share the Gospel with them. They are so receptive, and we should not miss the opportunity. God is
pouring out His mercy upon them in this time of history.
02/04:5 ships
TENNA KOSAN, STOLT SEA , SIRIUS HIGHWAY , and CLIPPER STAMFORD - Indian, and mainly
Filipino. Good response and much of God's Word given out.
ST. GEORG - Croatian, and Burmese. This vessel was here 2 months ago, so it's a good opportunity
to followup. The Holy Spirit led the way as 4 more Burmese were saved by the redeeming blood of
Jesus. Spent 2 hours ministering to them.
02/06:6 ships.
ATLANTIC TRADER, and ANTALINA - Russian. Gladly took some Scriptures and be blessed.
CHEM COSMOS, and AURORA AMETHYST - Filipino. They came to receive their Scriptures and
DVDs, blessed them and their families.
NNEMTAS-2 - Turkish. Someone had left a DVD of the Jesus movie on board. This evangelistic tool
opened the way for more Gospel witness. The Holy Spirit opened up their hearts to want to learn more
about Isa (Jesus). Spent about 2 hours ministering to them.
DIAMOND OCEAN - Burmese. This ship was visited 2 months ago and received a Jesus DVD on board.
This created a great interest for sharing the Gospel truth. There were 5 Christians who shared their faith.
ships visited this week
2 ships on Monday:
ATLANTIC FRONTIER - Indian. This is a 3 months old brand new ship. The captain is a half Sikh and
half Christian (he said it himself). We prayed together to ask Jesus to coming into his heart and
blessed him. The fitter is a Christian, he shared his faith. And 2 Hindus came to search for truth and
prayed the salvation prayer. There is an urgency in Indian for Gospel instead of Muslim.
MARITIME ROSEMARY - Filipino, Indian, and Malaysian.. A short but responsive visit.
I went to see Pastor Malone at Mark's house this afternoon. He is going to take off the bandage of the surgery for the new defibrillator tomorrow. He is everything but weak. Let's keep praying.
8 ships on Tuesday:
GLORY OCEAN, PACIFIC JAVA, KRISTIN KNUTSEN, and JO EDAR - All Filipino; Filipino, and
Chinese; Filipino, and Norwegian; All Filipino. All the ships were receptive and received the prayers and
blessings. 5 Chinese came and shew their interests in the Christianity. I gave them the Scriptures and
prayed with them.
CAKE - Turkish. Some liked the Bible some didn't. We debated the role of Jesus. The 2nd officer finally
agreed with me to pray for him and gave me his email address.
ONEGO VOYAGER - Chinese. 1 able seaman admitted that he is a Christian but not baptized yet. His
family are all Christians or seekers. He wanted to get baptized with his wife. 6 people came to pray with
me.
JANNIE-C, and HYUNDAI TREASURE - Romanian, Russian, and New Zea-lander; Korean, and
Burmese. Gave out Scriptures, prayed and blessed the vessel.
8 ships on Wednesday:
OVERSEAS VISAYAS, GO FAITH, GASCHEM ICE, and BRAUNSCHWEIG - All Filipino but
BRAUNSCHWEIG has Korean sailors. Friendly welcomed, prayed, gave the Scriptures, encouragement
and blessed their families.
CEC CONCORD, BBC JADE, and MONT ACE - Russian; Ukrainian; Russian, Romanian, and 1
Chinese. The only one Chinese cadet was so lonely. This is his first time on the sea. He has worked
six months for a year contract. It was very hard for him and the language barrier but he kept the faith. I
led him to the Lord and prayed with him. Please pray for this young cadet. His mother is a Christian.
LIAN YUN HU - Chinese. We were on this vessel last March. Four people came to pray and received
Jesus in their hearts.
Pastor Malone's Doctor exam was good. He is going to have another exam day after tomorrow.
3 ships on Friday:
CLIPPER CARIBE - Burmese, and Croatian. Prayed and blessed their families.
FAIRCHEM PEGASUS - Indian. 2 Christians on board. Prayed with a Hindu 2nd officer and the Muslim
captain. Most Hindus believed in prayers. This Muslim captain believed in good works. We let him
know that going to heaven is by God's grace and Jesus' blood. And he agreed.
DA QING - Chinese. We were on this vessel last February. All the crew has been changed since last
visit. The captain and the commissar both are communist, at least the commissar told us he was.
And because they don't want us to distribute the Scriptures and pray. Please pray for the Chinese
communist party. They believed in atheism. What a pity and shame.
Two people came to help the visitation today. One is from Fort Bend Community Church, The other is from katy Community Church.
Pastor Malone had very good reports form the doctor. He needs more exercise and more rest.
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