08/21/11 - 08/27/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/21/11 - 08/27/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father. (Col. 1:2)

ships visited this week
3 Ships on Friday (08/26):
NORGAS PATRICIA
Filipino, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Russian, and Chinese
(See pic. 1 for some of the crew, the one sits in the front is the captain). Prayed and blessed their families.
FULL RICH
All Chinese
We were on this ship just last month. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew). Prayed and blessed the crew.
CAPE SCOTT
All Chinese
(See pic. 3 for part of the crew). We were trying to convince the captain to accept Jesus, but he said he was a Buddhist and put it off. We took him (See pic. 4 for the one in the middle) and other two seamen to Wal Mart and shopping anyway. Prayed and blessed the ship.
Someone from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.


8 Ships on Saturday (08/27):
ANGEL ISLAND
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed their ship.
K. AMBER
Filipino, and Korean
Blessed the ship.
ROBERT SCHULTE
Filipino, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian
Prayed and blessed the crew.
CARRARA CASTLE
Filipino, Indonesian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian, and Ukrainian
Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board.
SOPHIE
All Myanmar
We were on board last Dec. Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on the ship.
CHEMBULK KINGS POINT
All Myanmar
We visited this ship last May. There was one Christian on the ship but he went ashore. Prayed and blessed the ship.
FULL RICH
All Chinese
We visited the ship yesterday. Nobody has shore pass on board. I brought two water Malone to them. They seemed to like it.
NASCO JADE
All Chinese
(See pic. 5 for the captain on the right, the other one is a ship chandler). (See pic. 6 for part of the crew). Prayed with some of them, and led them to Christ.

Grace be with you. (Col. 4:18)

Your brother in Christ
Thomas Tao
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

08/14/11 - 08/20/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/14/11 - 08/20/11 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Php. 1:2) ships visited this week 7 ships on Monday (08/15): Vessel Name Nationalities Activities IKAN ALTAMIRA Filipino, Chinese, and Ghanaian We were on this ship last Jun. (See pic. 1 for part of the crew). Prayed and blessed the crew. OVERSEAS FRAN Filipino, and Russian Prayed and blessed the ship. CHAPTER GENTA Filipino, and Indian There were two Indian Christians on board, chief cook, and second mate. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew). NOMADIC HJELLESTAD Filipino, Russian, and Bulgarian Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. BAIZO Filipino, Croatian, and Romanian We visited this ship a year before last Apr. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs. PETROKREPOST All Russian Gave away Scripture, Jesus DVD and Gospel materials. BERTINA All Indian There were two Christians on the ship, general steward, and electrician. (See pic. 3 for part of the crew). Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came helped the ministry today. 4 Ships on Wednesday (08/17): WADI HALFA All Egyptian Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on board. ROYAL FAIRNESS All Filipino Prayed and blessed the crew. STAR FRASER All Filipino We were on this ship last Jun. Prayed and blessed the ship. FENG HUANG SONG All Chinese There were seven Christians on this ship, chief cook, general steward, two able seamen, one pump man, one oiler, and the third mate. (See pic. 4 for some of the crew). 8 Ships on Friday (08/19): LIBRA LEADER All Filipino Prayed and blessed their ship. HAL PENDANT Filipino, and Polish Prayed and blessed their crew. ALPINE VENTURE Filipino, Indian, Russian, and Georgian There were two Indian Christians on board, assistant engineer, and the third officer. (See pic. 4 for two of them, and pic. 5 for the chief cook on the left). Prayed and blessed their families. NORDIC OSLO All Russian Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on board. HARBOUR PROGRESS Russian, and Ukrainian Left Scripture and Jesus DVD on the ship. PAPILLON All Indian There were quite a few number Christians on board, namely captain, chief mate, chief cook, general steward, bosun, and fitter. (See pic. 6 for some of the crew). Watched Jesus DVD and prayed with them. TAIXING All Chinese We visited this ship last Apr. No permission to go on board. Nobody has shore pass on board. They only accepted some Christian News Paper. JIA XING All Chinese We were on this ship last Feb. An initial visit. Only two people have shore pass, chief mate and Payton Huang from West Houston Chinese Church and Someone from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today. 2 Ships on Saturday (07/26): JIA XING All Chinese A revisit on the ship. Because the security issue, only Ying Dau and I went on board. (See pic. 7 for some of the crew). We left the Gospel materials, prayed and blessed the ship. FENG HUANG SONG All Chinese Praised the Lord, we were able to get in this terminal, and they let us to go on the ship this time. We brought in some home made cookies and two watermelon. The captain invited us to his cabin and we share the Gospel with him and the commissar. Both of them were very open and willing to receive the eternal life as a gift from God. (See pic. 8, captain is the first one from the right on the front row, commissar is the second one from the right on the next row). We sang the hymn ‘Flower in the wilderness’ to the seamen downstairs. They also wanted Jesus to be their friend and savior. (See pic. 9). Ying Dau Lu, Xiyun Deng, Jun Wu, Jerry Lee, Julia Hsieh from Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Php. 4:23) Your brother in Christ Thomas Tao www.lifelinetoseamen.org 832-775-5074

08/07/11 - 08/13/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 08/07/11 - 08/13/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 1:2)

ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday (08/07):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
FORTUNE BIRD
All Chinese
Took two oiler to West Houston Chinese Church this morning. (See pic. 1) And brought them to shopping in the afternoon.
4 ships on Monday (08/08):
ASIABORG
Filipino, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Russian
(See pic. 2 for part of the crew). Prayed and blessed their families.
RICKMERS NEW ORLEANS
Filipino, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Polish
We couldn’t go into the mess room of inside the cabin, so we just stayed at the gangway and gave them the Scriptures and Gospel materials.
MARITEC
All Chinese
A revisit.
FORTUNE BIRD
All Chinese
We had an opportunity to preach to them in the mess room, about ten people in thirty minutes. Just showed them who Jesus is in the Scripture. They were all longing for the life eternity. We took three seamen, chief cook, bosun, and one oiler to shopping after dinner. (See pic. 3).
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came helped the ministry today.

3 Ships on Thursday (08/11):
FORTUNE EPOCH
All Filipino
Left Scripture and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed the ship.
MOHEGAN PRINCES
All Filipino
Left Scripture, Jesus DVD and Gospel materials on board. Prayed and blessed the crew.
JUSTIC VICTORIA
All Indian
There were seven Christians on this ship, chief cook, general steward, two able seamen, one pump man, one oiler, and the third mate. (See pic. 4 for some of the crew).

3 Ships on Friday (08/12):
DAMGRACHT
Filipino, and Dutch
Prayed and blessed the crew.
MEDEA
Filipino, Myanmar, Russian, and Singaporian
We visited the ship last Apr. Prayed and blessed the ship.
SEA MAJESTY
All Myanmar
We watched the Jesus DVD and prayed with them. (See pic. 5, chief mate on the left, & 6, chief cook in the middle, and general steward on the far left).
Someone from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.

Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. (Eph. 6:24)

Your brother in Christ
Thomas Tao
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

07/31/11 - 08/06/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/31/11 - 08/06/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lore Jesus Christ. (Gal. 1:4)

ships visited this week
5 ships on Monday (08/01):
Vessel Name
Nationalities
Activities
STAR JAVA
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the ship. (See pic. 1 for part of the crew)
KATHARINA
All Romania
We visited the ship last Apr. Left the Scripture and Jesus films.
ALGOA BAY
Myanmar, and Polish
We visited the ship last Jan. Prayed and blessed the crew. Left the Gospel materials.
BBC FRANCE
Russian, Ukrainian, and German
We were on the ship two years before last Apr. Left the Scriptures and materials.
IKAN SEPAT
Filipino, Myanmar, Ghanaian, and
Chinese
We were on the ship last Jan. (See pic. 2 for some of the crew on board). Prayed with them and left some Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on the ship.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came helped the ministry today.

7 ships on Tuesday (08/02):
ATLANTIC PEARL
All Filipino
We were on this ship a year before last Jun. Prayed and blessed the ship.
STOLT SPAN
Filipino,
Russian, and Latvian
Prayed and blessed the crew.
HELEN BOLTEN
Filipino,
Chinese, Polish, and Russian
(See pic. 3 for the chief cook on the right). (See pic. 4 for the third officer on the right). Steve was sharing the Gospel with him. He was willingly to receive the Lord in his heart.
CHEMICAL MASTER
Filipino, Indian,
Chinese, and Bengalese
We were on the ship last May. There was one Indian Christian, chief cook on board, (See pic. 5, the one on the right is he). Steve preached to the Chinese fourth engineer, he was very close to salvation. (See pic. 6 for the Chinese guy).
MAERSK KAYA
Filipino, Thai, Indian, Russian, and British
Left Scriptures, Gospel materials and Jesus DVDs on board. Prayed and blessed their families.
SICHEM MARSEILLE
All Indian
There was only one Christian on board, the chief cook. Prayed and blessed the crew.
NAVIG8 FIDELITY
All Indian
We were on the ship two years before last Jun. There were three Christians on board, chief cook, chief engineer, and a pump man. (See pic. 7 for some of the crew). Prayed and blessed the ship.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

3 Ships on Thursday (08/04):
ZIA BELLE
All Filipino
Left the Scripture and Jesus movie on the ship.
MAASE
All Indian
There were two Christians on board, chief cook and the second officer. (See pic. 8 for some of the crew). Prayed and blessed the ship.
MARITEC
All Chinese
An initial visit on boat. (See pic. 9 for part of the crew).

7 Ships on Friday (08/05):
JBU ORIENT
All Filipino
Prayed and blessed the crew’s families.
NIPPON HIGHWAY
All Filipino
We visited the ship last May. Prayed and blessed the crew.
NORGAS INNOVATION
Filipino, Chinese, and Russian
Not allowed to go into the mess room. So we gave them the Scriptures and materials at the gangway
OVERSEAS LUXMAR
All American
They are all American citizens, but mostly immigrants from other countries.
VINCA
All Indonesia
(See pic. 10 for one of the seaman on board). Prayed and blessed the ship.
FEDERAL SCHELDE
All Indian
There were four Christians on board, chief officer, second officer, two able seamen. (See pic. 11 for part of the crew).
MARITEC
All Chinese
A revisit from yesterday. (See pic. 12 for some of the crew). They don’t have shore pass, so, I helped the chief cook to buy a computer form Best Buy.
Someone from Fort Bend Community Church came and helped the ministry today.

2 Ships on Saturday (08/06):
MARITEC
All Chinese
Helped the chief mate to buy an iphone. Dennis shared the Scripture with them on board
FORTUNE BIRD
All Chinese
Prayed and blessed the ship. (See pic. 13 from left to right, chief mate, captain, and chief engineer). We took chief cook and bosun to Wal Mart.
Dennis Jen from Lakewood Church came and helped the ministry.

An email from Bro Ireneo Pavia on MT MAEMI II:
We have had bible study for the last two Sundays since we left Houston on 15th July. And God is always good.
He has so many million ways touching the lives of every living soul. Two Indians (a Catholic & Hindi) and
7 Filipinos attended the bible study. Please include them in your prayer list.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. (Gal. 6:18)

Your brother in Christ
Thomas Tao
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

07/24/11 - 07/30/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/24/11 - 07/30/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2Co. 1:2)

ships visited this week

7 ships on Monday (07/25):


Vessel Name


Nationalities


Activities


CAMELLIA

ACE


All Filipino


Prayed and blessed the ship.


OCEAN

ALLIANCE


All Filipino


(See pic. 1 for the chief cook on the right). Prayed and blessed the crew.


JAN VAN

GENT


Filipino, and Dutch


Left the Gospel materials.


SAFMARINE

ANGOLA


Filipino, and Bulgarian


Left the Scriptures and materials.


RICKMERS

TOKYO


Filipino, Romanian, Polish, and
Chinese


We were on the ship last Nov. (See pic. 2 for one of the two Chinese crew on board). Prayed with him to receive Jesus in his heart.


MARIE


All Myanmar


We were on this ship last Apr. There were two Christians on board, an able seaman and a wiper. (See pic. 3 for the able seaman in the middle). Prayed with them and blessed the ship.


TAOKAS

WISDOM


All Chinese


(See pic. 4 for the captain, the one on the right, on board). He is willing to accept the Gospel in his heart.


Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came helped the ministry today.





6 Ships on Tuesday (07/26):

ELEGANT VICTORIA


Filipino, and S. Korean


(See pic. 5 for some of the Filipino crew).

ATLANTIC MAJESTY


Filipino,

Chinese,

Indian,

and Ghanaian


We visited the ship last Jan. I took three seamen to Best Buy while Steve was preaching to others on board. (See
pic. 6 for some of the crew on board).

GENMAR AGAMEMNON


Filipino, Indian, Croatian, Portuguese,

and Russian


We were on the ship a year before last Sep. (See pic. 7 for part of the crew on the ship). Gave them the Gospel materials and blessed the crew.

FIESTA


Filipino, Ukrainian,

Sri Lanka,

Russian, and Maldivian


Prayed, blessed their families and the crew.

EAGLE ATLANTA


All Indian


A short visit on board.

SANTA CLARA B


All Peruvian


Left the Scripture and Jesus films on board.

Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.


2 Ships on Thursday (07/28):

ATLANTIC MIGHT


Filipino, and Chinese


We were on this ship last Apr. (See pic. 8 for part of the crew). Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

Steve took thirteen seamen to his church and then went shopping.

MARATHA

PROVIDENCE


All Indian


There were three Christians on board, one able seamen, bosun, and the third engineer. (See pic. 9 for some of the crew).

Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church, someone from Ford Bend Community Church, and
Steve Yeboah from Christ First Healing Church came and helped the ministry today.

4 Ships on Friday (07/29):

ATLANTIC MIGHT


Filipino, and Chinese


A revisit on the ship. We took three Chinese seamen to Wal Mart and prayed with them in the car.

MARATHA

PROVIDENCE


All Indian


A revisit on the ship. (See pic. 10 for some of the crew). Prayed with them and blessed the crew.

PONDO


Filipino, Myanmar, and Bengalese


There were two Myanmar Christians on board, one able seaman and one wiper. (See pic. 11 for part of the crew).

ANDROMEDA


Indonesian, and Croatian


We visited this ship two years ago. Left Scriptures and Jesus DVDs on board.
Jason Skinner from West Houston Chinese Church came and helped the ministry today.

Please pray for Nikki Wallace, she is a 29 years old woman, has leukemia, under chemo treatment at MD Anderson.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen. (Gal. 6:18)

Your brother in Christ
Thomas Tao
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

07/17/11 - 07/23/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/17/11 - 07/23/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the L ord Jesus
Christ. (2Co. 1:2)

ships visited this week
8 ships on Monday:
MEDI OSAKA, STOLT BRELAND, CHEM LEO,
GLORIOUS SAWARA, SLUISGRACHT, and ALPINE MIA
- All Filipino; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Indian; Filipino,
and Chinese; Filipino, Russian, and Dutch; Filipino, Indian, and
Russian. We visited the third ship last May. There were four
Indian Christians on board, third mate, one able seaman, and
two motormen. We were on the last ship a year before last
May. There were five Indian Christians on board, third mate,
second engineer, fifth engineer, one motorman and one able
seaman. Prayed with them and blessed the ships. (See pic. 1
& 2 for part of the crew on the fourth ship). I took four
Chinese to Wal Mart and Best Buy. One of them, the second
mate is a Christian. (second one from the right in pic. 2).
GREAT BLOSSOM, and CLIPPER GOLFITO - All Chinese;
Myanmar, Croatian, and Russian. We visited the second ship
last Mar. (See pic. 3 & 4 for some of the crew on the first ship).
7 ships on Tuesday:
BBC SKYSAILS, MARCELA LADY, LASCAUX, and
LUCY SNUG - Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, and Russian;
Filipino, and French; Filipino, Romanian, and Italian. We
visited the second ship last Aug. There were about three born
again Filipino Christians on board, we didn't meet all of them,
and they don't have a Bible study group on the ship. We
watched the Jesus film with them and prayed with them. (See
pic. 5 for some of the crew on board).
CRISTINA L, EOT SPT, and AN CHANG - Greek,
Ukrainian, Indonesian, and Chilean; All American; All Chinese.
(See pic. 6 for part of the crew on the first ship). Gave them
the Gospel materials and blessed the ships.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came
and helped the ministry today.
1 ship on Wednesday:
AN CHANG - All Chinese. A revisit on the ship. Had a nice
talk with the captain. He is a Buddhist but very open to the
Christianity. Watched the Jesus film with them and prayed
with them.
Thursday:
Ying Dau Lu and I went to Freeport, Texas to attend a mission
conference held by Port Ministries International. (See pic. 7).
Friday:
Ying Dau Lu and I went to the conference again. We met many
port chaplains from different states of the US. (See pic. 8 & 9).

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 brother in Christ
Thomas Tao
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074

07/10/11 - 07/16/11

Dear seafarer's friends, 07/10/11 - 07/16/11

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ. (1 Co. 1:3)

ships visited this week
1 ship on Sunday:
IKAN ACAPULCO - All Filipino. I took two seamen,
Aries the able seaman and Jesse a wiper to West Houston
Chinese Church for English Sunday School and Worship
Service. Then we went to Best Buy in the afternoon. We
prayed before we depart from each other.
8 ships on Monday:
DIAMOND GLORY, AS ELBIA, SHIPPAN ISLAND,
and SEABOARD RELIANCE - All Filipino; All Filipino;
Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Indian, and Polish. We visited
the first ship last Jan., the third ship last Apr., the last ship last
Aug. Prayed with them and blessed the ships.
VIL ATLANTIC, ADAM ASNYK, PORT MOUTON, and
FULL RICH - Russian, and Sri Lanka; All Polish; All Chinese;
All Chinese. We visited the second ship last Mar., the last ship
last Aug. (See pic. 1 for some of the crew on the last ship,
second one from the right is bosun). (See pic. 2 for the captain
second one from the right). We shared the Gospel with the
ones in the second pic. They all agreed to pray the salvation
prayer with us. An initial visit on the third ship.
Ying Dau Lu from Houston Chinese Church came and helped
the ministry today.
4 ships on Tuesday:
BW PRINCE, GULF PEARL, VALLOMBROSA, and
PORT MOUTON - All Filipino; Filipino, Romanian, Indian,
and Bengalese; Italian, and Indian; All Chinese. We were on
the first ship a year before last Aug., the last ship yesterday.
(See pic. 3 for part of the crew on the second ship). (See pic.
4 & 5 for some of the crew on the last ship). Hsiao Ping
was trying to shared the Gospel to them, wishing all of them
could be saved by his talk. It was close.
Hsiao Ping Chao from West Houston Chinese Church came
and helped the ministry today.
5 ships on Thursday:
STAR EVVIVA, MARITIME TAESHIO, SCARLET IBIS,
RICKMERS SINGAPORE, and NS POWER - All Filipino;
Filipino, and Korean; Filipino, Indian, and Ukrainian; Filipino,
Romanian, and Sri Lanka; All Russian. We visited the first ship
last May. (See pic. 6 for part of the crew on board). Prayed
with them and blessed the ship. (See pic. 7 for some of the
crew on the third ship. The one sits there is the captain.) We
were on the fourth ship last Mar. (See pic. 8 for one Sri Lanka
on the left and one Filipino on the right on board). Prayed with
them and blessed the crew. We visited the fifth ship a year
before last May.
8 ships on Friday:
VICTORIA KOSAN, OVERSEAS SPINOS, MAEMI II,
COVE ISLAND, SITEAM LEADER, TAGUS, AZOV SEA,
and SKAFTAFELL - All Filipino; All Filipino; Filipino, and
Indian; Filipino, and Russian; Filipino, Russian, and Latvian;
Filipino, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish; All Russian; All
Russian. We visited the first ship just a year ago, the third ship
last Oct. (See pic. 9 the chief engineer in the middle, pic. 10
the one on the far right). This Filipino chief engineer's name is
Ireneo Pavis. He took the seminar of the Church on the Ocean
from the Philippines. Philip Vandercook in New Orleans
emailed me to contact Ireneo, so I came. This was amazing. We
were on the fourth ship last May, the fifth ship last Jan., the last
ship a year before last May. Prayed with them and blessed the
ships.
Someone from FBCC came and helped the ministry today.
2 ships on Saturday:
HARBOUR CLOUD, and MEGAN C - Filipino, and Russian;
Filipino, Russian, and Romanian. We visited the first ship two
years before last May. (See pic. 11 & 12 for some of the crew).
Prayed for the ship and blessed the crew. Gave them Scriptures
and Jesus DVDs.
Ying Dau Lu,and Janet Shiu from HCC came and helped the
ministry today.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in
Christ Jesus. Amen. (1 Co. 16: 23, 24)

Your brother in Christ
Thomas Tao
www.lifelinetoseamen.org
832-775-5074