Dear seafarer's friends, 12/21/08 - 12/27/08
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Php. 1:2)
Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org Christmas BlessingPray for the seafarers this Christmas season. Many years of experience has taught us that they are most receptive this time of the year. There are unique ways to share with them the joyful gifts of Jesus in the Spirit's power. May we use the opportunities God gives us to impact the message of salvation through faith in our loving Savior. Thomas and Tom want to bless our readers and supporters this Christmas season and in the new year. We're grateful for all your love and involvement. God is blessing us with a greater harvest of souls than ever in 2009.ships visited this week2 ships on Sunday:
GREAT SCENERY, and FU AN CHENG - British captain and
Chinese crew; All Chinese. We arrieved on the first ship a little bit
over 19:00. Sixteen of us crowded the crew's mess room. Eleven
from HCC with some instruments and lots of donated gifts. One from
EFC, Pastor Jonathan Chiu who delivered a short message and two
people came to the Lord. Four from WHCC including Pastor Caleb
Chiu and his wife Priscilla. We sang caroling and gave short
testimonies on both ships. The captain and commissar were a little
resistant on the second ship but we made friends anyway. This was
the second miracle in a roll in two weeks. Usually the guards at the
gate of the terminal don't let people without a proper picture ID
coming into the dock, but they let us in this two times. The Lord
told them in advance already. Hallelujah, Praise the Lord. See
attachments for pictures.
8 ships on Monday: BOW FERTILITY, LA JOLLA BELLE, NEW SPIRIT,
FORTUNE EPOCH, TRIDENT PROTECTOR, and MAY
OLDENDORFF - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian;.
Filipino, and Korean; Filipino, and Ghanaian; Filipino, Croatian, and
Russian. All receptive. I gave them the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. CHEMBULK SAVANNAH - Russian, Indian, and Myanmar. No
Myanmar Christian on the ship but they got the Jesus DVDs, and the
Gospel booklets.
YONG AN 2 - All Chinese. Just an initial visit.
10 ships on Tuesday: TRIDENT PROTECTOR, BBC RHINE, PACIFIC DESTINY,
OCEAN CHIE and MOONLIGHT SERENADE - Filipino, and
Ghanaian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Croatian; Filipino,
Russian, Indian, and Sri Lanka; All Filipino. For the first ship, this was
only a revisit for yesterday. They need more Jesus DVDs and The
Passion of the Christ, so we brought them more copies. They all
responsive.
GALAHAD - All Korean. We visited this vessel last May. We
stayed for a while and identified no Christians on board. they
received the Scripture and Jesus DVDs.
GIBRALTAR, NORDIC STOCKHOLM, and SAFMARINE
CAVALLA - All Russian; All Russian; All Ukrainian. Receptive.
YONG AN 2 - All Chinese crew. The captain was very friendly. He
told us his Mom was a Christian, that's why he was not against us.
We told him if he had Jesus in his heart now he would be a Christian,
and his Mom would be very glad. He smiled and accepted. The man doesn't want us to know his name came from FBCC and
helped the ministry today. 4 ships on Friday: ESHIPS DUGON, and DESERT DAWN - Filipino, and Latvian;
Filipino, and Greek. I visited the first ship last July. Both ships were
responsive this time.
PAC ALNATH, and FORMOSA FOURTEEN - Chinese, Filipino,
and Romanian; All Chinese. We were on the first ship and the
second ship both in last Aug. The first ship had four people prayed
with me, and the second ship had five people prayed with me. The
second ship had four people from Taiwan including the captain and
the chief engineer. The remaining were all mainland China's crew.
There was one Taiwanese Christian. He was the third officer cadet. I gave him advanced Bible study Guide and extra CDs and DVDs.The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Php. 4:23)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
12/14/08 - 12/20/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 12/14/08 - 12/20/08
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 1:2)Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org Christmas BlessingPray for the seafarers this Christmas season. Many years of experience has taught us that they are most receptive this time of the year. There are unique ways to share with them the joyful gifts of Jesus in the Spirit's power. May we use the opportunities God gives us to impact the message of salvation through faith in our loving Savior. Thomas and Tom want to bless our readers and supporters this Christmas season and in the new year. We're grateful for all your love and involvement. God is blessing us with a greater harvest of souls than ever in 2009.ships visited this week2 ships on Sunday:
TAI HONESTY, and SPRING PROGRESS - All Chinese. We got on the
first ship at 19:00 as we planned to. Eighteen people including females and
children from HCC with instruments sang caroling to both ships. Elder Huang
and his wife Helen were there also. We gave short testimonies and delivered a
short message on the first ship. Twelve seamen made their decisions to come
to the Lord. Hallelujah. We gave them beautiful Christmas presents too. See
attachments for pictures.
6 ships on Monday: XENIA, KASUGA BAY, and RICKMERS TOKYO - Russian, and
Ukrainian; All Ukrainian; All Filipino. We visited the second ship last Jul. All
receptive. CHEMBULK KOBE - All Myanmar. No Christian on the ship, all
Buddhists. They received the Jesus DVDs, and the Gospel booklets.
Everywhere you go you can feel the Christmas in the air. FORMOSA SIX, and FU AN CHENG - All Chinese. We visited the first
ship last May, and the second ship last Aug. One Christian on the first ship. He
was the fitter. He wanted more Christian literature. One Christian on the
second ship, the bosun. He knew me from previous visits on the same ship and
other ships. See attachment. 5 ships on Tuesday: SCHACKENBORG, and NESRIN AKSOY - Polish, and Russian;
All Turkish. They were interested in the Gospel materials we gave to them.
SPT CRUSADER - All Indian. Five Christians on board. We prayed with two
Hindus and one Christian.
GREAT SCENERY, and NEW EMINENCE - British captain and Chinese
crew; All Chinese. The first ship was very friendly. The chief cook recognized
me from previous visits on other ships. We prayed with four of them. We need
to pray that they all have time to read and watch the Scriptures and Jesus
DVDs we gave to them. A short and initial visit on the second ship. Steven Chao came from WHCC and helped the ministry today. 2 ships on Friday: NAN HAI, and NEW EMINENCE - All Chinese. We were on the first ship
in Sep. last year, and the second ship in Apr. last year. The first ship had a
commissar, and we were still able to pray with nine people. The second ship
was from Taiwan, but had all mainland China's crew. I had a chance to preach
to the captain. He accepted the invitation to ask Jesus Christ into his heart. We
also prayed with other five people.
Payton Huang from WHCC college group came and helped this ministry
today.
2 ships on Saturday: STAR EVVIVA, and GEORGETE K. - All Filipino; Filipino,
and Greek. Receptive. May they remember to read God's Word and the
prayer we prayed at the gangway.
We also planned to have caroling on a couple of ships this coming Sunday night, but we don't know which ships they will be yet.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
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 1:2)Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org Christmas BlessingPray for the seafarers this Christmas season. Many years of experience has taught us that they are most receptive this time of the year. There are unique ways to share with them the joyful gifts of Jesus in the Spirit's power. May we use the opportunities God gives us to impact the message of salvation through faith in our loving Savior. Thomas and Tom want to bless our readers and supporters this Christmas season and in the new year. We're grateful for all your love and involvement. God is blessing us with a greater harvest of souls than ever in 2009.ships visited this week2 ships on Sunday:
TAI HONESTY, and SPRING PROGRESS - All Chinese. We got on the
first ship at 19:00 as we planned to. Eighteen people including females and
children from HCC with instruments sang caroling to both ships. Elder Huang
and his wife Helen were there also. We gave short testimonies and delivered a
short message on the first ship. Twelve seamen made their decisions to come
to the Lord. Hallelujah. We gave them beautiful Christmas presents too. See
attachments for pictures.
6 ships on Monday: XENIA, KASUGA BAY, and RICKMERS TOKYO - Russian, and
Ukrainian; All Ukrainian; All Filipino. We visited the second ship last Jul. All
receptive. CHEMBULK KOBE - All Myanmar. No Christian on the ship, all
Buddhists. They received the Jesus DVDs, and the Gospel booklets.
Everywhere you go you can feel the Christmas in the air. FORMOSA SIX, and FU AN CHENG - All Chinese. We visited the first
ship last May, and the second ship last Aug. One Christian on the first ship. He
was the fitter. He wanted more Christian literature. One Christian on the
second ship, the bosun. He knew me from previous visits on the same ship and
other ships. See attachment. 5 ships on Tuesday: SCHACKENBORG, and NESRIN AKSOY - Polish, and Russian;
All Turkish. They were interested in the Gospel materials we gave to them.
SPT CRUSADER - All Indian. Five Christians on board. We prayed with two
Hindus and one Christian.
GREAT SCENERY, and NEW EMINENCE - British captain and Chinese
crew; All Chinese. The first ship was very friendly. The chief cook recognized
me from previous visits on other ships. We prayed with four of them. We need
to pray that they all have time to read and watch the Scriptures and Jesus
DVDs we gave to them. A short and initial visit on the second ship. Steven Chao came from WHCC and helped the ministry today. 2 ships on Friday: NAN HAI, and NEW EMINENCE - All Chinese. We were on the first ship
in Sep. last year, and the second ship in Apr. last year. The first ship had a
commissar, and we were still able to pray with nine people. The second ship
was from Taiwan, but had all mainland China's crew. I had a chance to preach
to the captain. He accepted the invitation to ask Jesus Christ into his heart. We
also prayed with other five people.
Payton Huang from WHCC college group came and helped this ministry
today.
2 ships on Saturday: STAR EVVIVA, and GEORGETE K. - All Filipino; Filipino,
and Greek. Receptive. May they remember to read God's Word and the
prayer we prayed at the gangway.
We also planned to have caroling on a couple of ships this coming Sunday night, but we don't know which ships they will be yet.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
Saturday, December 13, 2008
12/07/08 - 12/13/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 12/07/08 - 12/13/08 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Gal. 1:3)Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org Christmas BlessingPray for the seafarers this Christmas season. Many years of experience has taught us that they are most receptive this time of the year. There are unique ways to share with them the joyful gifts of Jesus in the Spirit's power. May we use the opportunities God gives us to impact the message of salvation through faith in our loving Savior. Thomas and Tom want to bless our readers and supporters this Christmas season and in the new year. We're grateful for all your love and involvement. God is blessing us with a greater harvest of souls than ever in 2009.ships visited this week6 ships on Monday: ATLANTIC HOPE, and AALBORG - All Russian; Polish, Ukrainian,
Romanian, and Bulgarian. We were on the second ship last Aug. Receptive. OMEGA KING, and NORDANA ANDREA - All Indian; All Thai. Four Christians on the
first ship. I prayed with one Christian and one Hindu. We visited the second ship last Apr.
The crew used to be all Russian. Now they are all Thai. No Christian on board. They
took the Jesus DVDs. CHONG MING, and PAC ADARA - All Chinese; Chinese, Filipino, and Ukrainian. We
visited the first ship last Jan. The general steward and two other crew knew me from
previous visits on another ship which belonged to the same shipping company. A new
young cadet was very interested in the Gospel. The Holy Spirit helped him to come to the
Lord. We visited the second ship last July. It was very glad to see them again. 6 ships on Tuesday: SIMURGH, CHALLENGE PEGASUS, HIGH MARS, and MARIANAO ICE - All
Filipino; Filipino, and Indian. All Indian; Ukrainian, and Russian. Receptive. Two Christians
on the third ship, general steward and motorman. See attachment for the two Indian
Christians with Steven Chao. They were coming from different language groups, yet they all
looked like they were children of God. SPRING PROGRESS, and DA QING 452 - All Chinese. The first ship was fairly open,
the second ship was very sensitive about the religious issue. I had long talk with the
captain, and he was not ready. But the seed was planted. Steven Chao came from WHCC and helped the ministry today. 8 ships on Thursday: SAGA MONAL, CORAL HIGHWAY, and S. BOTHNIA - All Filipino; Filipino, and
Bulgarian; Filipino, and Russian. All receptive. PADUS RIVER, and THOR NEPTUNE - Croatian, Romanian, and Myanmar; All Thai.
We visited the second ship last Jun. No Christian on board. BW DENISE - French, and Indian. We visited the same ship last year. They still remember
me. There were six Christians on board. Prayed with them and a Hindu. XIANG AN CHENG - All Chinese. An initial visit. We were on this ship last May. SENANUR CEBI - All Turkish. We were on this ship last Aug. The crew was mostly
changed. The new captain was so friendly that he invited us to have a delicious Turkish
meal. He can say a lot of Chinese greetings. We finally end with a prayer and a blessing to
the ship. They wanted us to come back again. See attachment for the four of us. The tallest
is the captain, and the next tallest is the chief officer. Someone doesn't want his name to be known from FBCC came and helped the visiting
today. 8 ships on Friday: BOW FLOWER, BERNARDO QUINTANA A., BELUGA FIGHTER, and NYBORG
MAERSK - All Filipino; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino,
Russian, and Danish. We visited the first ship last Jun. Responsive. SONIA - Greek, Polish, Ukrainian, and Indonesian. Responsive. SPRING PROGRESS, TAI HONESTY, and XIANG AN CHENG - All Chinese. Only a
revisit on the first two ships. The first ship won't stay after this week end, but the second
ship will. We planned to have a Christmas caroling on coming Sunday night to the second
ship. We were on the third ship last May. This was also an initial visit. I planned to come
back tomorrow again.
2 ships on Saturday: EXPANDER - Filipino, and Korean. Receptive. XIANG AN CHENG - All Chinese. Two thirds of the crew were new. They all liked the
Chinese Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs. The second officer who was a third officer last
time I met him and the chief cook were really friendly to us. The captain invited Jesus into
his heart to be the Lord and Savior of his life. Wei Bing Lu from WHCC came and helped the ministry today. Thank the Lord.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
Romanian, and Bulgarian. We were on the second ship last Aug. Receptive. OMEGA KING, and NORDANA ANDREA - All Indian; All Thai. Four Christians on the
first ship. I prayed with one Christian and one Hindu. We visited the second ship last Apr.
The crew used to be all Russian. Now they are all Thai. No Christian on board. They
took the Jesus DVDs. CHONG MING, and PAC ADARA - All Chinese; Chinese, Filipino, and Ukrainian. We
visited the first ship last Jan. The general steward and two other crew knew me from
previous visits on another ship which belonged to the same shipping company. A new
young cadet was very interested in the Gospel. The Holy Spirit helped him to come to the
Lord. We visited the second ship last July. It was very glad to see them again. 6 ships on Tuesday: SIMURGH, CHALLENGE PEGASUS, HIGH MARS, and MARIANAO ICE - All
Filipino; Filipino, and Indian. All Indian; Ukrainian, and Russian. Receptive. Two Christians
on the third ship, general steward and motorman. See attachment for the two Indian
Christians with Steven Chao. They were coming from different language groups, yet they all
looked like they were children of God. SPRING PROGRESS, and DA QING 452 - All Chinese. The first ship was fairly open,
the second ship was very sensitive about the religious issue. I had long talk with the
captain, and he was not ready. But the seed was planted. Steven Chao came from WHCC and helped the ministry today. 8 ships on Thursday: SAGA MONAL, CORAL HIGHWAY, and S. BOTHNIA - All Filipino; Filipino, and
Bulgarian; Filipino, and Russian. All receptive. PADUS RIVER, and THOR NEPTUNE - Croatian, Romanian, and Myanmar; All Thai.
We visited the second ship last Jun. No Christian on board. BW DENISE - French, and Indian. We visited the same ship last year. They still remember
me. There were six Christians on board. Prayed with them and a Hindu. XIANG AN CHENG - All Chinese. An initial visit. We were on this ship last May. SENANUR CEBI - All Turkish. We were on this ship last Aug. The crew was mostly
changed. The new captain was so friendly that he invited us to have a delicious Turkish
meal. He can say a lot of Chinese greetings. We finally end with a prayer and a blessing to
the ship. They wanted us to come back again. See attachment for the four of us. The tallest
is the captain, and the next tallest is the chief officer. Someone doesn't want his name to be known from FBCC came and helped the visiting
today. 8 ships on Friday: BOW FLOWER, BERNARDO QUINTANA A., BELUGA FIGHTER, and NYBORG
MAERSK - All Filipino; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino,
Russian, and Danish. We visited the first ship last Jun. Responsive. SONIA - Greek, Polish, Ukrainian, and Indonesian. Responsive. SPRING PROGRESS, TAI HONESTY, and XIANG AN CHENG - All Chinese. Only a
revisit on the first two ships. The first ship won't stay after this week end, but the second
ship will. We planned to have a Christmas caroling on coming Sunday night to the second
ship. We were on the third ship last May. This was also an initial visit. I planned to come
back tomorrow again.
2 ships on Saturday: EXPANDER - Filipino, and Korean. Receptive. XIANG AN CHENG - All Chinese. Two thirds of the crew were new. They all liked the
Chinese Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs. The second officer who was a third officer last
time I met him and the chief cook were really friendly to us. The captain invited Jesus into
his heart to be the Lord and Savior of his life. Wei Bing Lu from WHCC came and helped the ministry today. Thank the Lord.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
Saturday, December 6, 2008
11/30/08 - 12/06/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 11/30/08 - 12/06/08 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Co. 1:2)Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
Christmas Blessing
Pray for the seafarers this Christmas season. Many years of experience has taught us that they are most receptive this time of the year. There are unique ways to share with them the joyful gifts of Jesus in the Spirit's power. May we use the opportunities God gives us to impact the message of salvation through faith in our loving Savior. Thomas and Tom want to bless our readers and supporters this Christmas season and in the new year. We're grateful for all your love and involvement. God is blessing us with a greater harvest of souls than ever in 2009.ships visited this week 10 ships on Monday: CHEMTRANS OSTE, JO KIRI, and SAFMARINE ANGOLA - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Dutch. Receptive. MAXIMA - Russian, and Ukrainian. We visited this ship last May. They liked the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs. ESHIPS EAGLE, and STENA CONTEST - All Indian; Indian, Russian, and Swedish. Six Christians on the first ship. We were on board just last Aug. Many of them knew my face. Three Indian Christians on the second ship. Two went ashore. The third one was the general steward. Everyone knows that he is a Christian. AZZURA, CONFIDENCE OCEAN, LIAN HUA HAI, and PAC DENEB - All Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese; Chinese, Filipino, and Dutch. Just an initial visit on the first ship. We thought the second ship was a VietNamese ship but it turned out to be all Chinese. Most of them were open to the Gospel. A revisit on the third ship. I delivered to them two new Chinese Christian calendars as I promised them last week. One for the captain and one for the chief cook to hang on in the mess room. The fourth ship had more than half the crew Chinese. We got there before they were ready to sail,.They received the Jesus DVDs. Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the ships. A lot of Chinese ships today. 4 ships on Tuesday: CHRYSOULA S, and CRUX J - Filipino, Greek, and Romanian; Filipino, Russian, Ukrainian, and Indian. Nice people, very receptive. ATLANTIC STAR - All Chinese. Two Christians on the ship the second officer and the wiper. Most of them were responsive. The captain was a little bit resistant. I think he was not ready yet. The chief engineer was ready to received the Good News and prayed with me. I prayed with some others and finished watching the Jesus DVD with them too. Steve Yeboah took six of them to his church. CHEMICAL SUPPLIER - All Indian. We visited this ship last May. Four Christians on board. He is not a stranger, but someone who doesn't want us to mention his name came from FBCC and helped the ministry today. 1 ship on Wednesday: ATLANTIC STAR - All Chinese. I took three, the captain, the chief engineer, and a cadet to Toyota center to watch a Rocket's basketball game. They wanted to see Yao Ming. They saw him and they were glad that Rocket won the game. The captain didn't refuse to pray with me this time. 5 ships on Thursday: SOCOL 2, PACIFIC FUTURE, and FREDERIKE OLDENDORFF - All Russian; Ukrainian, and Russian; Polish, Filipino, and Yugoslavian. All very receptive. STAVANGER BLOSSOM, and ATLANTIC STAR - Norwegian, Romanian, Filipino, Indian, and two Chinese; All Chinese. I had a good conversation with the two Chinese cadets on the first ship. Their hearts were so soft that God's Words were very easy to plant in there. They received Jesus Christ as a gift from God. They complained about that the other seamen oppressed them. I only told them to hold on to each other and pray together everyday. Please pray for them. This was the third time in a roll I went back to visit ATLANTIC STAR. Seven of them came with me to China Town shopping after they watched The Passion of the Christ. We didn't finish watching the movie. but the seed was planted.4 ships on Friday: FEDERAL PATRIOT, and HANJIN ANTWERP - All Filipino; Filipino, and Korean. Responsive. PANAM ATLANTICO - Myanmar, and Croatian. We were on this ship last Sep. Now she has only one Christian, the chief cook, on board. We and another five Buddhists all prayed together. I led them to pray. The chief cook liked the English Christian songs we gave him. AZZURA - All Chinese. Very hospitable ship. The second officer invited us to eat on board. We asked them to invite Jesus into their hearts. There was one Christian on the ship. You can tell the difference. He belongs to the house church in China. He was the only one who got saved in his family. He said that the reason why he believed was because Jesus changed his life, and God's Word motivated him to become a Christian.to get baptized. We just praised the Lord. And please pray for his parents' hearts to come to the Lord. Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry today. Glory to the Lord.
6 ships on Saturday:
MARIANAO ICE, and BBC FRANCE - All Russian, and Ukrainian. Receptive.
F BLUE, and RAVEN ARROW - Filipino, and Romanian; All Indian. Three to four Christians on the Indian ship. Good response.
TAI HONESTY, and AZZURA - All Chinese. Very open on the first ship. We gave them the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. Before they
leave, we explained what a salvation prayer is and asked them to pray with us. Six of them agreed. A revisit on the second ship. We
took a picture with the Christian on board, 'cause he was precious. See attachment. (He is the one in the middle.)
Alex Wu from WHCC came and helped the ministry today. Praise the Lord.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
Christmas Blessing
Pray for the seafarers this Christmas season. Many years of experience has taught us that they are most receptive this time of the year. There are unique ways to share with them the joyful gifts of Jesus in the Spirit's power. May we use the opportunities God gives us to impact the message of salvation through faith in our loving Savior. Thomas and Tom want to bless our readers and supporters this Christmas season and in the new year. We're grateful for all your love and involvement. God is blessing us with a greater harvest of souls than ever in 2009.ships visited this week 10 ships on Monday: CHEMTRANS OSTE, JO KIRI, and SAFMARINE ANGOLA - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Dutch. Receptive. MAXIMA - Russian, and Ukrainian. We visited this ship last May. They liked the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs. ESHIPS EAGLE, and STENA CONTEST - All Indian; Indian, Russian, and Swedish. Six Christians on the first ship. We were on board just last Aug. Many of them knew my face. Three Indian Christians on the second ship. Two went ashore. The third one was the general steward. Everyone knows that he is a Christian. AZZURA, CONFIDENCE OCEAN, LIAN HUA HAI, and PAC DENEB - All Chinese; All Chinese; All Chinese; Chinese, Filipino, and Dutch. Just an initial visit on the first ship. We thought the second ship was a VietNamese ship but it turned out to be all Chinese. Most of them were open to the Gospel. A revisit on the third ship. I delivered to them two new Chinese Christian calendars as I promised them last week. One for the captain and one for the chief cook to hang on in the mess room. The fourth ship had more than half the crew Chinese. We got there before they were ready to sail,.They received the Jesus DVDs. Steven Chao from WHCC came and helped visiting the ships. A lot of Chinese ships today. 4 ships on Tuesday: CHRYSOULA S, and CRUX J - Filipino, Greek, and Romanian; Filipino, Russian, Ukrainian, and Indian. Nice people, very receptive. ATLANTIC STAR - All Chinese. Two Christians on the ship the second officer and the wiper. Most of them were responsive. The captain was a little bit resistant. I think he was not ready yet. The chief engineer was ready to received the Good News and prayed with me. I prayed with some others and finished watching the Jesus DVD with them too. Steve Yeboah took six of them to his church. CHEMICAL SUPPLIER - All Indian. We visited this ship last May. Four Christians on board. He is not a stranger, but someone who doesn't want us to mention his name came from FBCC and helped the ministry today. 1 ship on Wednesday: ATLANTIC STAR - All Chinese. I took three, the captain, the chief engineer, and a cadet to Toyota center to watch a Rocket's basketball game. They wanted to see Yao Ming. They saw him and they were glad that Rocket won the game. The captain didn't refuse to pray with me this time. 5 ships on Thursday: SOCOL 2, PACIFIC FUTURE, and FREDERIKE OLDENDORFF - All Russian; Ukrainian, and Russian; Polish, Filipino, and Yugoslavian. All very receptive. STAVANGER BLOSSOM, and ATLANTIC STAR - Norwegian, Romanian, Filipino, Indian, and two Chinese; All Chinese. I had a good conversation with the two Chinese cadets on the first ship. Their hearts were so soft that God's Words were very easy to plant in there. They received Jesus Christ as a gift from God. They complained about that the other seamen oppressed them. I only told them to hold on to each other and pray together everyday. Please pray for them. This was the third time in a roll I went back to visit ATLANTIC STAR. Seven of them came with me to China Town shopping after they watched The Passion of the Christ. We didn't finish watching the movie. but the seed was planted.4 ships on Friday: FEDERAL PATRIOT, and HANJIN ANTWERP - All Filipino; Filipino, and Korean. Responsive. PANAM ATLANTICO - Myanmar, and Croatian. We were on this ship last Sep. Now she has only one Christian, the chief cook, on board. We and another five Buddhists all prayed together. I led them to pray. The chief cook liked the English Christian songs we gave him. AZZURA - All Chinese. Very hospitable ship. The second officer invited us to eat on board. We asked them to invite Jesus into their hearts. There was one Christian on the ship. You can tell the difference. He belongs to the house church in China. He was the only one who got saved in his family. He said that the reason why he believed was because Jesus changed his life, and God's Word motivated him to become a Christian.to get baptized. We just praised the Lord. And please pray for his parents' hearts to come to the Lord. Payton Huang from WHCC came and helped the ministry today. Glory to the Lord.
6 ships on Saturday:
MARIANAO ICE, and BBC FRANCE - All Russian, and Ukrainian. Receptive.
F BLUE, and RAVEN ARROW - Filipino, and Romanian; All Indian. Three to four Christians on the Indian ship. Good response.
TAI HONESTY, and AZZURA - All Chinese. Very open on the first ship. We gave them the Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. Before they
leave, we explained what a salvation prayer is and asked them to pray with us. Six of them agreed. A revisit on the second ship. We
took a picture with the Christian on board, 'cause he was precious. See attachment. (He is the one in the middle.)
Alex Wu from WHCC came and helped the ministry today. Praise the Lord.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, November 29, 2008
11/23/08 - 11/29/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 11/23/08 - 11/29/08 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1Co. 1:3)Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.orgships visited this week 1 ship on Sunday: COMMANDER II - All Filipino. I took three seamen, captain, chief engineer, and fitter to West Houston Chinese Church for Sunday School and Morning Worship. They all enjoyed it. Weibin Lu took them to Wal Mart and back to the ship after lunch. Please keep praying for the financial crisis of the shipping company of this ship. See attachment for their picture. (middle three)6 ships on Tuesday: MICHAEL S, STAR FUJI, and OCEAN ADVENTURE - All Filipino; All Filipino; Indian, three Filipino. Two Indian Christians on the third ship. All very receptive. AMARANTH BRIDGE, and COS CHERRY - All Chinese. Three Christians on the first ship including the captain. They all responsive. Their last port was New Orleans. They said there was a group of Chinese Christians came on board and told them about the Gospel. I prayed with some of them. They wanted me to go back and preach to them. A revisit on the second ship. I promised one of the crew I would come back, and he was waiting for me when I got there. He said the ship is going to sail tonight. I gave him a new 2009 calendar. DOLLART - All Russian, Receptive. They love the Russian holy Bible..8 ships on Wednesday: CHEMBULK TORTOLA, DAEBO FRONTIER, and KAOHSIUNG - All Myanmar; Korean, Filipino, Indonesian, and Myanmar; Mostly Myanmar, Filipino, Polish, Croatian, and Russian. No Christian but all Buddhists on the first ship. There was one Myanmar Christian on the third ship. ALAM GULA, and ANNA SMILE - Filipino, Indonesian, Malaysian, and one Chinese; Filipino, Greek, and Sri Lanka. I didn't meet the only Chinese because he went to shore, but I saw two Indonesian Christians on the first ship. I prayed with one of them. He told me that I was the first one whom he met to pray for him overseas. HOLMEN, and DORINE - All Indian; All Polish. Three Christians on the first ship. SALIH CIHAN - All Turkish. Although there was no Christian on board I was very welcomed. They all liked the Turkish Gospel materials and Scriptures. The bosun told me he is a Muslim and his wife is a Christian. I prayed for him and he was real nice to me.6 ships on Friday: PRINSENBORG, and PANORIA - Filipino, and Dutch; Filipino, and Greek. Responsive. CAPELLA - Lithuanian, and Russian. Receptive. BEI HAI, LIAN HUA HAI, and AMARANTH BRIDGE - All Chinese. We were on the first ship in Jan. last year. I talked to the chief engineer, and asked him to invite Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. I talked to the captain of the second ship, and helped him to , invite Jesus into his heart to cleanse his heart and give him eternal life. A short sermon before the meal, all the crew in the mess room prayed with me. A Q & A time was after the meal. We had a lot of fun. There was a short revisit on the third ship. They were all on the deck including a Chinese ship ship's chandler. We took a picture together. (see attachment) The chandler is the second one from the right with a hat on. He sometimes gave the first hand information of the Chinese ships, our friend.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
Saturday, November 22, 2008
11/16/08 - 11/22/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 11/16/08 - 11/22/08
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (Ro. 1:7)
Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
Attached please see some pictures we took when Mike Cooke was here in Houston last month.
ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
XIAMEN SKY - All Chinese. I took seven seamen including the captain to Houston Chinese Church for
Sunday School and Morning Worship. They all liked it and received Jesus. Only for the captain, this is his
second time for him to make such decision in a week. We met Pastor Malone at HCC. He was visiting there.
Then we went shopping in China Town.
5 ships on Monday: INTREPID RELIANCE, PACIFIC OPAL, and SUMMIT AMERICA - All Indian; Filipino, Indian, Turkish, and
Russian; Filipino, British, and Polish. Four Christians on the first ship. Prayed with one Hindu. We prayed with
the Filipinos, and gave them the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs.
YONGXING, and BBC TUNISIA - All Chinese; Filipino, Russian, German, Polish, and one Chinese. We were
on the first ship a little bit over three weeks ago. All the crew remained the same. We just delivered some
current Christian Newspaper and magazine. The second ship had a Russian Orthodox captain. We talked to
the only Chinese electrician on board, and convinced him to received Jesus as his personal Lord and savior.
They all received Jesus DVD of their own language.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and help the ship visiting. He was very helpful.
9 ships on Tuesday:
MARY F, OCEAN FORCE, and PETRODVORETS - All Ukrainian; All Ukrainian; All Russian. Receptive as usual.
ALERCE N - Chilean and Mexican. I finished giving all the Spanish NTs I brought but they still wanted more. I
didn't talk much but shew my friendship. They shew their hospitality.
COMMANDER II, SANKO CONFIDENCE, BBC WESER, and ELTANIN - All Filipino; Filipino, and Indian;
Filipino, Maldivian, Sri Lanka, and Indian; Filipino, Russian, Italian, Indian, and Myanmar. Very responsive.
After I prayed with the Filipinos, they wanted to know my name. Please pray for COMMANDER II. The
shipping company is filing bankrupcy. All the seamen of this ship can not get payed for their salary. One
Indian Christian Christian on the second ship.
PACIFIC DREAM - Filipino, Polish, Croatian, Romanian, and two Chinese. I went on board to see the Chinese,
and talked to one of them. He confessed that we are sinners and received Jesus into his heart. 5 ships on Thursday:
NAVIG8 STEALTH II, PUFFIN ARROW and SITEAM ADVENTURER - All Indian; All Indian; Indian, and
Filipino. We were on the first ship last July. Four Christians on board. Not much material taken, just a little bit
follow up. Five Christians on the second ship. Prayed with the Christians and a Hindu. They got the Jesus
DVDs, and Scriptures.
STRYMON - Greek, and Filipino. Receptive. Blessed the crew and the ship.
JIAN QIANG - All Chinese. We were on this ship in April last year. The chief cook knew me. We had a good
talk. The rest of the crew were half interested in the Gospel and half busy. I led some of them to pray with
me and gave glory to the Lord.
8 ships on Friday: STAR FRASER, STAR GRINDANGER, and OSC VLISTDIEP - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, Dutch,
and Polish. We visited the first ship last July, and the second ship last September. We almost always had
good responses from the Filipino ships.
CLIPPER STERLING, and SICHEM EAGLE - Indian, two Filipino, and one Myanmar; Three Indians, Russian,
Ukrainian, and Latvian. Seven or eight Indian Christians on the first ship, and one Indian Christian on the
second ship. Indian ships are
priority ships. Some of them we met before. No matter what the Christian materials they got already, we still
can pray together again.
MARIDA PATNOS, and ERRIA MIE - Peruvian, and Turkish; Polish, and Russian. Receptive.
COS CHERRY - All Chinese. We were on board last July. Some crew had changed since. The others knew me.
We didn't preach to them much, but we did prayed with them to admit that we are sinners and received Jesus
Christ into our hearts. God knows who did it sincerely.
Payton Huang from WHCC joined the ship visiting with me today. Praise the Lord.
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)
Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
Attached please see some pictures we took when Mike Cooke was here in Houston last month.
ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
XIAMEN SKY - All Chinese. I took seven seamen including the captain to Houston Chinese Church for
Sunday School and Morning Worship. They all liked it and received Jesus. Only for the captain, this is his
second time for him to make such decision in a week. We met Pastor Malone at HCC. He was visiting there.
Then we went shopping in China Town.
5 ships on Monday: INTREPID RELIANCE, PACIFIC OPAL, and SUMMIT AMERICA - All Indian; Filipino, Indian, Turkish, and
Russian; Filipino, British, and Polish. Four Christians on the first ship. Prayed with one Hindu. We prayed with
the Filipinos, and gave them the Scriptures and the Jesus DVDs.
YONGXING, and BBC TUNISIA - All Chinese; Filipino, Russian, German, Polish, and one Chinese. We were
on the first ship a little bit over three weeks ago. All the crew remained the same. We just delivered some
current Christian Newspaper and magazine. The second ship had a Russian Orthodox captain. We talked to
the only Chinese electrician on board, and convinced him to received Jesus as his personal Lord and savior.
They all received Jesus DVD of their own language.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and help the ship visiting. He was very helpful.
9 ships on Tuesday:
MARY F, OCEAN FORCE, and PETRODVORETS - All Ukrainian; All Ukrainian; All Russian. Receptive as usual.
ALERCE N - Chilean and Mexican. I finished giving all the Spanish NTs I brought but they still wanted more. I
didn't talk much but shew my friendship. They shew their hospitality.
COMMANDER II, SANKO CONFIDENCE, BBC WESER, and ELTANIN - All Filipino; Filipino, and Indian;
Filipino, Maldivian, Sri Lanka, and Indian; Filipino, Russian, Italian, Indian, and Myanmar. Very responsive.
After I prayed with the Filipinos, they wanted to know my name. Please pray for COMMANDER II. The
shipping company is filing bankrupcy. All the seamen of this ship can not get payed for their salary. One
Indian Christian Christian on the second ship.
PACIFIC DREAM - Filipino, Polish, Croatian, Romanian, and two Chinese. I went on board to see the Chinese,
and talked to one of them. He confessed that we are sinners and received Jesus into his heart. 5 ships on Thursday:
NAVIG8 STEALTH II, PUFFIN ARROW and SITEAM ADVENTURER - All Indian; All Indian; Indian, and
Filipino. We were on the first ship last July. Four Christians on board. Not much material taken, just a little bit
follow up. Five Christians on the second ship. Prayed with the Christians and a Hindu. They got the Jesus
DVDs, and Scriptures.
STRYMON - Greek, and Filipino. Receptive. Blessed the crew and the ship.
JIAN QIANG - All Chinese. We were on this ship in April last year. The chief cook knew me. We had a good
talk. The rest of the crew were half interested in the Gospel and half busy. I led some of them to pray with
me and gave glory to the Lord.
8 ships on Friday: STAR FRASER, STAR GRINDANGER, and OSC VLISTDIEP - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, Dutch,
and Polish. We visited the first ship last July, and the second ship last September. We almost always had
good responses from the Filipino ships.
CLIPPER STERLING, and SICHEM EAGLE - Indian, two Filipino, and one Myanmar; Three Indians, Russian,
Ukrainian, and Latvian. Seven or eight Indian Christians on the first ship, and one Indian Christian on the
second ship. Indian ships are
priority ships. Some of them we met before. No matter what the Christian materials they got already, we still
can pray together again.
MARIDA PATNOS, and ERRIA MIE - Peruvian, and Turkish; Polish, and Russian. Receptive.
COS CHERRY - All Chinese. We were on board last July. Some crew had changed since. The others knew me.
We didn't preach to them much, but we did prayed with them to admit that we are sinners and received Jesus
Christ into our hearts. God knows who did it sincerely.
Payton Huang from WHCC joined the ship visiting with me today. Praise the Lord.
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, November 15, 2008
11/09/08 - 11/15/08
Dear seafarer's friends, 11/09/08 - 11/15/08
Grace and peace to you.
Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
Attached please see some pictures we took when Mike Cooke was here in Houston last month.
ships visited this week
9 ships on Monday: DEL SOL, STAR THETA, CFL PERFORMER, NORDIC GLORY, GLORIANA, and BATAVIA - All Filipino; Filipino,.
and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Indian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Indian, Ukrainian,
Latvian, Romanian, and Thai. We visited STAR THETA, and GLORIANA before. Four Indian Christians on GLORIANA.
We prayed with the Filipino Catholics and gave them the NIV NTs and Bibles, of course the Jesus DVDs.
SAGA ADVENTURE, VINALINES SKY, and TOSCANA - All Indian but one Ukrainian chief engineer; All VietNamese;
Polish, and Thai. Three Indian Christians including the captain on the first ship. They all come from Goa. Prayed with the captain and the chief engineer. No Christian on the VietNamese ship. Only distributed the Jesus DVDs and the " Help from
above" booklets. We visited the third ship last April. The Polish was very satisfied with the Scripture and the Jesus DVDs
we gave to him.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and help the ship visiting.4 ships on Wednesday: BBC GEORGIA, and REBECCA - Russian, Ukrainian, and Filipino; Russian, Ukrainian, and Latvian. Receptive.
CITRON - Turkish officers, and Indian crew. No Christian on board, but they received Jesus DVDs and some Scriptures.
CHIPOLBROK SUN - All Chinese. We were on this ship last July. They got the Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and all the Gospel materials. Some of them were open minded, and some were not. I took the only two who had short passes to Wal Mart.
11 ships on Thursday:
HOSANGER, QUEEN FLOWER, MENTOR, INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVER, IGUANA, KARIN, and SOMERSET - All
Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Russian, and
Polish. They all very polite and responsive to get their Jesus DVDs, and Scriptures.
OCEAN ATLAS, NORDKAP, and BELUGA SKYSAILSK - American; All Russian; Russian, and German. Receptive.
XIAMEN SKY - All Chinese. We were on this ship in May last year. A few of them still knew me, like the chief cook. There
were many seekers on board. At least four or five of them were very interested in Christianity and the Gospel including the
captain. I led them to pray and made a decision to the Lord. Steve Yeboah took nine of them to his church and shopping.
4 ships on Friday: SANKO PHOENIX, CLIPPER MARINA, OCEANIC CORAL, and FASE - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Indian;
Filipino, Norwegian, Romanian, and Croatian. We went on all the ships except the first one we stayed down at the gangway. The third ship was ready to sail. They didn't want us to go in, so we only stayed for a short time. We visited the fourth ship in September last year. We gave away more NIV NTs than other ships. We had a good prayer meeting with the captain on
CLIPPER MARINA.
A member from FBCC joined the ship visiting with me today.
4 ships on Saturday:
DARYA SHAKTI - All Indian. Seven Christians on board. Very friendly people. We prayed together, and they got many
Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
STLIXCO - Filipino, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Croatian. Receptive.
SAFMARINE DOUALA, and TENG FEI HAI - All Chinese. We were on the first ship last August. Most of them knew
my face. They receveied a lot Christian Newspaper and literature this time. Many people wanted to listen to our singing and
testmony. They all received the Gospel very well.
Patrick Cheong, Jenny Feng, Ying Dau Lu, Daniel Jen, and Kelley Kao from HCC came and helped the ministry a great deal.
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.
Our weblink is: www.lifelinetoseamen.org
Attached please see some pictures we took when Mike Cooke was here in Houston last month.
ships visited this week
9 ships on Monday: DEL SOL, STAR THETA, CFL PERFORMER, NORDIC GLORY, GLORIANA, and BATAVIA - All Filipino; Filipino,.
and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Indian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Indian, Ukrainian,
Latvian, Romanian, and Thai. We visited STAR THETA, and GLORIANA before. Four Indian Christians on GLORIANA.
We prayed with the Filipino Catholics and gave them the NIV NTs and Bibles, of course the Jesus DVDs.
SAGA ADVENTURE, VINALINES SKY, and TOSCANA - All Indian but one Ukrainian chief engineer; All VietNamese;
Polish, and Thai. Three Indian Christians including the captain on the first ship. They all come from Goa. Prayed with the captain and the chief engineer. No Christian on the VietNamese ship. Only distributed the Jesus DVDs and the " Help from
above" booklets. We visited the third ship last April. The Polish was very satisfied with the Scripture and the Jesus DVDs
we gave to him.
Steven Chao from WHCC came and help the ship visiting.4 ships on Wednesday: BBC GEORGIA, and REBECCA - Russian, Ukrainian, and Filipino; Russian, Ukrainian, and Latvian. Receptive.
CITRON - Turkish officers, and Indian crew. No Christian on board, but they received Jesus DVDs and some Scriptures.
CHIPOLBROK SUN - All Chinese. We were on this ship last July. They got the Scriptures, Jesus DVDs, and all the Gospel materials. Some of them were open minded, and some were not. I took the only two who had short passes to Wal Mart.
11 ships on Thursday:
HOSANGER, QUEEN FLOWER, MENTOR, INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVER, IGUANA, KARIN, and SOMERSET - All
Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Greek; Filipino, Russian, and Ukrainian; Filipino, Russian, and
Polish. They all very polite and responsive to get their Jesus DVDs, and Scriptures.
OCEAN ATLAS, NORDKAP, and BELUGA SKYSAILSK - American; All Russian; Russian, and German. Receptive.
XIAMEN SKY - All Chinese. We were on this ship in May last year. A few of them still knew me, like the chief cook. There
were many seekers on board. At least four or five of them were very interested in Christianity and the Gospel including the
captain. I led them to pray and made a decision to the Lord. Steve Yeboah took nine of them to his church and shopping.
4 ships on Friday: SANKO PHOENIX, CLIPPER MARINA, OCEANIC CORAL, and FASE - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and Indian;
Filipino, Norwegian, Romanian, and Croatian. We went on all the ships except the first one we stayed down at the gangway. The third ship was ready to sail. They didn't want us to go in, so we only stayed for a short time. We visited the fourth ship in September last year. We gave away more NIV NTs than other ships. We had a good prayer meeting with the captain on
CLIPPER MARINA.
A member from FBCC joined the ship visiting with me today.
4 ships on Saturday:
DARYA SHAKTI - All Indian. Seven Christians on board. Very friendly people. We prayed together, and they got many
Scriptures and Jesus DVDs.
STLIXCO - Filipino, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Croatian. Receptive.
SAFMARINE DOUALA, and TENG FEI HAI - All Chinese. We were on the first ship last August. Most of them knew
my face. They receveied a lot Christian Newspaper and literature this time. Many people wanted to listen to our singing and
testmony. They all received the Gospel very well.
Patrick Cheong, Jenny Feng, Ying Dau Lu, Daniel Jen, and Kelley Kao from HCC came and helped the ministry a great deal.
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. (Rev.22: 21)
Your brothers In Christ Tom Malone and Thomas Tao
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