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• FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEACON H. GENE LAWRENCE:
  A LOOK FORWARD: We are eagerly exploring ways to progress in our ministry in and around the Port of Tacoma. We have found a need to enhance our training of present and future Port Chaplains and Assistant Port Chaplains. We need to continue in the study of God’s Word and put the principals learned to practical application as we interface with the many men and women seafarers from around the globe. Our ministry is holistic, in that we are here for the physical, emotional and spiritual welfare of those we serve. We need to learn how to more effectively use...
  ( MORE in our December Issue )
• MORE THAN MOVEMENT TO THE MALL: The Tacoma Seafarers’ Center (TSC) has a friendship ministry of moving seafarers from their ships to the mall. More important than the materials seafarers buy is the message we bring while moving them from here to there. I was sharing the good news to a group of seafarers on the way back to their ship. They were receptive and eager to know how to have assurance of salvation. Two days later I met again one of those men who were...
  ( MORE in our December Issue )
• UPDATE FROM LLOYD BOVEE: Thanksgiving has came and gone and now there are only a few short days until Christmas. Phyllis and I had our Golden Wedding Anniversary on November 5th with family, friends and fellow workers in the Lord. For me, I know it was one day at a time and all in all they were good, some better then others, but that’s life. My brother-in-law Phillip Swenke and son-in-law Robert Oates were here for the anniversary and we visited a large ship called...
  ( MORE in our December Issue )
• WOOLEN HEADWEAR: In this months newsletter is an email I received from Capt. Lu King-Kong of the Evergreen ship Hatsu Ethic. His email was part of our usual communication regarding his ship's arrival time. However, in this email, he had a request for some head cover for some of his crew. I contacted one of our Port Chaplains, Lloyd Bovee, who responded to the Center Annex to give me...
  ( MORE in our December Issue )
• PLEASE GET YOUR CHRISTMAS BOXES AND RETURN THEM!: We are behind from last year’s boxes as of the printing of this newsletter. Remember, this is often the first time some of these sailors are introduced to the reason for the Christmas celebration. We are sharing the Gospel message and celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas, H. Gene Lawrence, Executive Director...
  ( MORE in our December Issue )
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Meeting Schedules

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• FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEACON H. GENE LAWRENCE:
  WELCOME ! WELCOME ! We want to extend a warm welcome to our new partner in sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ. Steve Maxted of MGL/Multilingual of the South Asian Ministry heads up this wonderful Bible ministry where I purchase the many Bibles for the seafarer in their own language. Steve also has many gospel tracts that we use to plant the seeds of the gospel of our Lord. Steve and his family have been moving his inventory into our Center. Soon they will have a modular building on our property that they will...
  ( MORE in our November Issue )
• UPDATE FROM LLOYD BOVEE: Our fall has arrived in the Pacific Northwest and our rains have started, but without the rains there would be no green grass and trees. I have been saying a special thank you for my family members and friends that have given so generously to the Seafarers ministry where the Lord has placed me. I have done many things over the years, but this is by far the best. Thank you, it is a gift of validation for this ministry. Now that gasoline has gone up and up, it hasn’t been good for the budget. Our large van with 147,000 miles on it lost its...
  ( MORE in our November Issue )
• SHOPPING WITH A SEAFARER: I've included a photo of myself (Karen M Jeffery) with Rajiv Soni from the Virginia Bridge. When he was in port a couple months ago, he wanted to buy a projector for his home theater. Films are very big in India. We went everywhere searching for the particular NEC model he wanted. I told him I'd locate one by...
  ( MORE in our November Issue )
• A NIGHT VISIT: It was 5:30 pm. The shuttle van took the three-person family from the parking lot of the Pierce County Terminal to shipside of the Hatsu Ethic. Having climbed the steep-angled gangway, they were met at the top by the officer of the deck. While they were signing the visitors’ log, the officer’s two-way radio crackled with the message: “bring them to the ship’s office.” The voice on the other end of the message was none other than Captain Lu King-Kong who had been watching the boarding process on the closed-circuit video security cameras. The deck officer escorted...
  ( MORE in our November Issue )
• CHRISTMAS BOXES: They are in, come and get yours. This Is the time of the year that is exciting … when we give out these gifts to seafarers who have, in many cases, never received a Christmas gift before. Of course, this also gives us a unique opportunity to share the Gospel message about the Christ that some seafarers have not met before. Praise be to God the Father for His Wondrous Love !...
  ( MORE in our November Issue )
  
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 87
  • NO. OF VISITS: 80
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 615
• Meeting Schedules

FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE:

• UPDATE FROM LLOYD BOVEE: My how fast time goes, and as they say “time and the tide waits for no man.” When I was seven years old, it seemed it took forever between Thanksgiving and Christmas; but not now, it’s already Christmas at Costco. Captain Pascualito M. Banque of the M/V Chuetsu Maru requested a mass be held on his ship. Whenever some Captain asks if we can hold a church service such as a communion or mass, we always try to fulfill these requests. This time Father John Wilkie from Holy Rosary Parish came and met their needs. When I called and asked him if he could do the mass, he said “yes”; then my next question...
  ( MORE in our October Issue )
• THEY NEEDED VEGETABLES: The M/V Zi Yuan had been at the Temco grain dock for a couple days when the Seafarers’ Center received a call saying that the all-Chinese crew, who had no shore passes, needed vegetables badly. Because they were unable to go ashore at their last port in Australia, they had sailed across the Pacific Ocean with only meat and rice. Volunteers George and Lisa Stokes (she is a native Chinese speaker) climbed the steps of the gangway and...
  ( MORE in our October Issue )
• FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEACON H. GENE LAWRENCE: An e-mail received from the Captain of the Hatsu Ethic...
  ( MORE in our October Issue )
• MT ST HELENS AT SUNRISE: Mt. St. Helens, which sits about 30 miles from our house as the crow flies, continues to spew ash, while it is forming a lava dome in the crater and still having minor tremors. Here, in this sunrise shot, (Picture in the 'Mooring Lines' by Brent and Jan LeBaron) she appears to be blowing smoke rings (and anything so benign is welcomed, given recent history.) What forms the "smoke rings" is ... (MORE)s...
  ( MORE in our October Issue )
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 88
  • NO. OF VISITS: 88
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 722
• Meeting Schedules

FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE:

• UPDATE FROM LLOYD BOVEE: Thank you for sending your donations to the Seafarers’ Center. For clarification of what we need - clothing in men’s sizes in small, medium and large that are in good to excellent shape. We do not need women or children’s clothing at all. We need printed materials such as books in excellent condition. The topics can vary from Bibles and Christian books to action/adventure, mystery, science fiction, and westerns. Magazines that are current, National Geographic are the best. I had a seafarer pick up a National Geographic that was dated 1973 and said it was...
  ( MORE in our September Issue )
• LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: This is a common expression in the real estate world. Location is the most important consideration in most all properties, whether residential, commercial or industrial. For the Tacoma Seafarers Center, this is no less true. The Center has opened a second location at 1118 Port of Tacoma Road. Call it what you wish - Auxiliary Center, Satellite Center, Annex, Center #2 – the intent is to provide a place to service sailors that is more centrally and conveniently located. It is within an easy walking distance from...
  ( MORE in our September Issue )
• A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU! On August 7th, the youth from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and a visiting youth group from St. Paul Lutheran Church of Sherwood, Oregon, visited the Tacoma Seafarers’ Center. They were given a presentation on Maritime Ministry and had an opportunity to talk with some seafarers from one of the ships in port at the Port of Tacoma. Then they set about to complete the task for which theyA VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU ! On August 7th, the youth from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and a visiting youth group from St. Paul Lutheran Church of Sherwood, Oregon, visited the Tacoma Seafarers’ Center. They were given a presentation on Maritime Ministry and had an opportunity to talk with some seafarers from one of the ships in port at the Port of Tacoma. Then they set about to complete the task for which they ... ...
  ( MORE in our September Issue )
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 83
  • NO. OF VISITS: 79
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 789
• Meeting Schedules

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• STALL SHIPS & BIG SHIPS: The Tall Ships were in port and we contacted our local Ukrainian pastor who could also speak Russian. Peter and his family visited the tall ship which had the Russian crew. They had very good contact with them and they were receptive to the gospel literature given them. Before going to...
  ( MORE in our August Issue )
• HUNGER & THIRST FOR THE WORD: Last Saturday I was taking some Filipino seafarers back to their ship after shopping. We got into a discussion on Jesus, different Bibles, denominations etc. When they were ready to get out of the van, they asked if next time (40 days), I could exhort them from the Word. There are sincere seafarers who have a desire for a deeper understanding of...
  ( MORE in our August Issue )
• UPDATE FROM LLOYD BOVEE: We had a RED-letter day on June 29, 2005 at the Center when we had our first guest from the M/V Hyundai Pioneer at our new satellite on 1118 Port of Tacoma Road. I picked up three shipmates at WUT 1 Hyundai’s “dock”; they wanted...
  ( MORE in our August Issue )
• DONATION OF FUNDS...
  ( MORE in our August Issue )
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 78
  • NO. OF VISITS: 77
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 632
• Meeting Schedules

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• TACOMA SEAFARERS’ CENTER IS GIFT RECIPIENT: As can be viewed in the photo above, Susan Beckland, Director of Operations for the Port of Tacoma, is presenting a check to Tacoma Seafarers’ Center volunteer George Stokes. Susan is giving this $1,000.00 check to our Center on behalf of the Propellar Club of America. This event took place during the Annual Chow Down sponsored by the Propellar Club. This is a fund raising event for...
  ( MORE in our July Issue )
• UPDATE FROM LLOYD BOVEE: As reported before, Phyllis and I have been on vacation. The last one was at our daughter’s home in Sierra Vista, AZ. We had a wonderful time. When we were in Sierra Vista, I wanted to go see a hotel in Douglas, AZ, at an old Copper town established at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The hotel’s name was “The Gadsden” built in 1906; and when we entered the lobby, it was all the advertisements said it was and a little bit more. When I went up to the desk and spoke to the clerk, she asked me...
  ( MORE in our July Issue )
• A VERY SPECIAL VISIT: Recently, a class of fifth graders from Heritage Christian School, from the Tacoma area, had a rare treat to visit one of the merchant ships docked in the Port of Tacoma. I had negotiated a visit with the Master of the ship, Capt. Lu King-Kong, of the Evergreen ship Hatsu Ethic. The Captain and crew of the Hatsu Ethic were exemplary hosts. The students had an excellent time aboard the ship and were in awe of the size of interior of the ship, as well as the outward size. This was an opportunity for the students to see, first hand, the impressive nature of the merchant ships that transport the commerce across the vast oceans of our world. They were hosted by... (MORE) In Christ, Deacon H. Gene Lawrence...
  ( MORE in our July Issue )
• HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: 3 JUN 05 Dear Capt. Lu King-Kong and Crew, Thank you so much for allowing us to visit the Hatsu Ethic on 2 JUN 05! It truly was a “once in a lifetime” trip! We were honored and privileged to tour your ship. You were all such excellent hosts and we were blessed to have spent the day with you. Your kindness and generosity was evident in everything you did for us. You were shepherds of God’s little flock for a few hours and we all felt protected and cared for while we were under your command. We thank you for the delicious treats and the Evergreen water! None of us will ever forget the time we spent with you. Your ship is immaculate, and the crew is top-notch! We lift you up in prayer and hope that you always sail smooth seas. May the Lord guide you and keep you safe. May the Lord make His face to shine down upon you and bless you. May God direct your path until we meet again. In Christ, Fifth Graders – Class of 2012 | Heritage Christian School...
  ( MORE in our July Issue )
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 89
  • NO. OF VISITS: 86
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 584
• Meeting Schedules

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• BIG THANKS: I need to start this with a BIG THANKS to the ladies of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League. They gathered together items for us to give away to the seafarers such as nuts, chips, pepperoni sticks, and one of the biggest hits were flashlights. Thank you again for your thoughtfulness and energy in make this happen. I came aboard the M/V Sea Epoch at our grain dock loading corn and...
  ( MORE in our June Issue )
• WELCOME TO MICHEL LINDSEY: My name is Michel Lindsey. I was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, July, 1968. I have always enjoyed helping others starting with the Girl Scouts, Key Club and joining the Tacoma Orthopedic Association (we help Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital raise money and awareness) while in school. I am still involved with T.O.A. and am very active in helping raise funds for the Emergency Food Network of Pierce County. I have been...
  ( MORE in our June Issue )
• MENS CLOTHING DONATIONS: The Center is currently accepting donations of the following men’s clothing items in sizes small, medium, large:
  • Levi Jeans / Pants
  • Casual / Dress Clothes
  • Work Style Clothes
    
    If you wish to donate any of these items, please give us a call...
    ( MORE in our June Issue )
• A BULGARIAN BIBLE FOR A BARON: (a special message from Christmas) The Hyundai Baron had a Bulgarian Captain and his wife on board. On the way back to the ship after shopping, I asked them, “Are there many churches in Bulgaria?” In their home town there are 10 churches. I handed the Captain a Bulgarian Bible and asked him, “Can you read this?” He said, “Yes.” “Then it’s yours,” I said. “Thank you.” His wife asked...
  ( MORE in our June Issue )
• HATSU ETHIC RETURNS KINDNESS! The Captain of the Hatsu Ethic, an Evergreen America Corporation ship, as stated in an earlier email to me, said that he and his crew were so thankful for the things that we at the Tacoma Seafarers’ Center have done for them, that they felt so comfortable as to call Tacoma their second “Home Port”. He further stated that... (MORE) In Christ, Deacon H. Gene Lawrence...
  ( MORE in our June Issue )
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 70
  • NO. OF VISITS: 65
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 440
• Meeting Schedules

FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE:

• UPDATE FROM THE DIRECTOR: (Deacon H. Gene Lawrence)
  I am truly thankful every day for the volunteers that our Lord has brought to the Tacoma Seafarers’ Center, and for the loving and serving attitude that they each bring to our ministry. But, at this time, I wish to thank some of our volunteers who have worked so hard at our Satellite Center this past month. We are now ready to operate. Donna Eckhoff and her granddaughter, Kelly Hannula, have been busy cleaning, painting and vacuuming. The Center is really taking shape and smells and looks clean. By the time this newsletter is mailed, we will be up and running. In addition to Donna and Kelly, George Stokes and Jesse Reynolds have been busy fixing ceiling tiles, putting up new light fixtures and trimming the hedges outside the building. Of course, they have moved furniture about the Center as well. If something is broken or leaks, I can always count on Roy Blakeslee to be on the job finding just the right part to accomplish the task at hand. At times one would think...
  ( MORE in our May Issue )

• SCHOOL MATES: After dinner and desert on board a ship, Jane Onggao and others were visiting with the Captain and C/E. One subject let to another subject and they discovered that they learned the same subject at the same elementary school in Manila. It’s a small world after all. The Lord brings us across the paths of those He wants us to meet in order to bring encouragement and good news, so that they may live the abundant joy filled life the Lord desires for them...
  ( MORE in our May Issue )
• Last month I gave you some reasons for the translation of the English Bible and listed the abbreviations. For those, like myself, who don’t know what all the abbreviations stand for – here they are:
  AMP - Amplified Bible, NLT - New Living Translation, CEV - Contemporary English Version, NRS - New Revised Standard Version, ESV - English Standard Version, PHPS - The New Testament in Modern English, GWT - God’s Word Translation, TEV - Today’s English Version, NAS - New American Standard, TLB - The Living Bible, NCV - New Centrury Version, TM The Message, NIV - New International Version, BECK - Beck’s, NKJV - New King James Version. We have so many things to be thankful for in America; but...
  ( MORE in our May Issue )
• WELCOME TO LOU ROACH: My name is Lou Roach and I was raised in Oregon and Washington. I was married to a career serviceman (Navy) and raised our family in San Diego County, California. I moved back home about 18 years ago. I have 4 children, 6 adult grandchildren and now 15 great-grandchildren (the oldest 7-1/2 years old). I also have 2 Lhasa Apso dogs that run my house and me, but refuse to do any chores. I have belonged to the Seafarers’ Center Ladies Auxiliary for about 2-1/2 years and have been a volunteer for about 9 or 10 months now and enjoy it very much. I live in Puyallup, Washington, so am fairly close to the Center. I work at the Center on Mondays and Saturdays and would work there every day, if I could find the time. I am retired, but keep pretty busy with my church activities and...
  ( MORE in our May Issue )
• WELCOME TO BERTHA HERZOG: Bertha was born in Texas and was raised in Texas and Oklahoma. She joined the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in 1952. She moved to Puyallup, Washington from Texas in June, 2002. Bertha has been a member of the Tacoma Seafarers’ Center since 2003. Bertha has teamed up with Lou Roach and volunteers at the Center on Mondays and Saturdays. Bertha is there to do anything set before her. She receives the seafarers as they come into the Center and helps with numerous clerical duties as needed. She also helps to keep our Center tidy on the days she is there. When things get slow, as they sometimes do, Bertha and Lou can be seen doing Bible study lessons from a Bible study group they belong to. I continually thank our...
  ( MORE in our May Issue )
  
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 67
  • NO. OF VISITS: 67
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 657
• Meeting Schedules

FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE:

• UPDATE FROM THE DIRECTOR: (Deacon H. Gene Lawrence)
  We have been talking about our satellite center on the other side of the waterway from our main base of operations. I have some good news about how the Lord has been blessing our endeavors. I was able to obtain the site from the Port of Tacoma for an unbelievable price. All I can say is that it is like getting it for free. This site is temporary, with the understanding that we will probably have to move within 3 years. However, this gives the seafarers an opportunity to walk to our facility which is now centrally located for them and close to their ships. As some of you may remember, the seafarers were able to walk across the 11th Street Bridge to visit our Center. That came to a halt when the bridge was removed from across the Blair waterway. We have been blessed with seven (7) complete computers from the Southern Baptist Association for free. We also have been blessed with the opportunity to...
  ( MORE in our April Issue )
• WELCOME TO KAREN JEFFREYS: Karen Jeffreys comes to us after reading the December 24, 2004 article in the News Tribune about the Tacoma Seafarers’ Center. Her work history includes a legal background at the Attorney General’s office and six (6) years in court reporting. Her talents are wide ranging as she drove truck for five (5) years, worked as a maritime apprentice at the Bremerton Shipyard, worked in sales at the Bon Marche and...
  ( MORE in our April Issue )
• LETTERS FROM OUR FRIENDS: Dearest George, Hi there! Maybe you'll get amazed why you got a mail from a wife of your friend named Ron Gallego--24 years old deck hand on Artic Enterprise. Well, to start with... I’m Lyn Gallego.22 years of age. I wrote you ‘because; you make me feel so comfortable and very much overwhelmed re-reading your article regarding my husband. It’s 2004 of May edition in Mooring Lines. I’m very much thankful too to hear the beat of your heart preparing all the lines of your article just to send the message of God. Your words were very much inspiring to us. You are one of the people whom blessed by God with kind heart. Because, so far...
  ( MORE in our April Issue )
• LETTERS FROM OUR FRIENDS: 20 February, 2005 My Dear Mr. Bovee! How are you Mr. Port Chaplain, Bovee and how is your family? I am fine at all times and all my crewmembers are very fine and they are working on the vessel with happiness. I have received your wonderful CD for Christmas Greetings and God’s blessing at Kosichang...
  ( MORE in our April Issue )
• FROM CHAPLAIN LLOYD BOVEE: I have been asked many times why there are so many translations of the Bible and in the publication “the Word for you today” there in one of the best explanations that I have ever seen and read. There are two important reasons why there are so many translations. “First, the Bible was originally written using 11,280 Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words, but the typical English translation uses only around 6,000 words. Obviously, nuances and shades of meaning can be missed, so it is always helpful to compare translations. Second, we often miss the full impact of familiar Bible verses, not because of poor translating, but simply because they have become so familiar! We think we know what a verse says because we have read it or...
  ( MORE in our April Issue )
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 72
  • NO. OF VISITS: 70
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 601
• Meeting Schedules

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• FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK: The ministry at the Tacoma Seafarers’ Center continues to receive the blessings of our Lord in many wonderful ways. I am constantly reminded how blessed we are to have such wonderful supporters from individuals, church bodies and other institutions. Your monetary gifts are received regularly with gratitude, thanks and praise. Without this tremendous outpouring, it would be extremely difficult to meet the many needs of a Global Ministry such as ours. In addition to the monetary and prayer support, the Lord blesses with the giving hearts of our volunteers. It would be an impossible task to reach the many seafarers who visit our Port of Tacoma, were it not for the serving attitude of the Workers of the Harvest . Over the coming months I will be introducing...
  ( MORE in our March Issue )
• GRAND OPENING: They were all there: the Governor, a U.S. Senator, a U.S. Congressman, the Mayor, the County Executive, the Port Commissioners, Executives from three major shipping lines, labor union officials, a host of invited guests and local print and electronic media. The occasion was the grand opening of the Pierce County Marine Terminal on the Port of Tacoma’s Blair Waterway at the end of January. The new 171-acre facility is part of the Port’s expansion plan that...
  ( MORE in our March Issue )
• YOU ARE THE MAN IN THE PICTURE: Feb. 9 - Reported to the Center, only four ships in dock, one at TEMCO, one at MAERSK, and two at EVERGREEN. I have been honored to be training a bright new volunteer Jesse Reynolds. Suggested he take some phone cards and maybe a box of books over to the L. T. Grace while I wait till 12:30 – 12:45 to see if we get any phone calls from the other three ships to take crews to the mall. Gene is showing us a new cell phone and time quickly flies by and its 12:30. The phone rings and the L T. Grace has three or four men that would like to go to the Mall at 1:30. I accompany Jess to the Evergreen Dock, we are cleared through security, ride their van to the...
  ( MORE in our March Issue )
• DOES GOD STILL DO MIRACLES?: Yes, he does. Let me tell you about some miracles that happened for Ed Egan and myself, when we attended a Mission Fest in Vancouver, Canada on January 28-30, 2005. When we left on Thursday we first stopped in Seattle at the Seamens’ Center where they have a monthly fund raising luncheon. The first miracle occurred in the parking lot. It was full and there was no parking on the street. Ed, who was driving, went into the parking lot hoping there might...
  ( MORE in our March Issue )
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 80
  • NO. OF VISITS: 77
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 801
• Meeting Schedules

FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE:

• A NEW YEAR – 2005: It’s a new year and I want to give thanks for our faithful supporters and list of some of our accomplishments for 2004. We delivered 1,257 Christmas boxes, 249 boxes of books and things, 1000’s of National Graphics Magazines, newspapers, uncounted Christian literature, plus 100’s of ship visits, and 1000’s of seafarers were transported to and from their ships. We have two new ladies working for our Center; they are...
  ( MORE in our February Issue )
• PIERCE COUNTY TERMINAL: Now that Alexander Avenue has been closed, the new Pierce County Marine Terminal has been opened. The renovation, the dredging, the construction of a new building, the new dock, an expanded container lot – all have been the result of over a year’s work to expand the Port of Tacoma. Evergreen America Corporation, one of the larger container shipping companies to occupy the Port, is...
  ( MORE in our February Issue )
• FROM PRESENT TO FUTURE: According to a recently published article in the Tacoma Weekly, the Taiwan-based Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation has signed a 12-year lease agreement with the Port of Tacoma with an option for a five-year renewal. This is part of the Port’s expansion and re-alignment. Yang Ming has operated in the Port of Tacoma since...
  ( MORE in our February Issue )
• FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL TO SAILING ON THE SEAS: One Filipino seafarer who came for Thanksgiving lunch at the Center was met with a pleasant surprise. Pastor & Mrs. Onggao, from Parkland, WA served a church near this Seafarer’s home in Olongapo, PI. This Seafarer used to play with the...
  ( MORE in our February Issue )
• FRAGRANCE ON FRAGRANT ISLAND: A fragrant aroma of turkey, ham and all the trimmings permeated the ship Fragrant Island. Volunteers from three (3) churches brought a dinner for the Filipino and Myanmar crew. All the crew enjoyed...
  ( MORE in our February Issue )
• Bible and "Jesus" Video Distribution Update
• Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 57
  • NO. OF VISITS: 53
  • SEAFARERS RECEIVING MINISTRY: 724
• Meeting Schedules

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• January Waterfront Statistics
  
  • SHIPS IN PORT: 90
  • NO. OF VISITS: 81
    
    
• CHRISTMAS BOXES DISTRIBUTED 1,221