International Seamen’s House

New Years greetings in the name of the Blessed and only Sovereign, He who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see! Yet, this same One has revealed Himself to us through His Word by faith and given us the seal of His Spirit until He comes again or takes us home. Even Jesus our Lord; and if we are His, the same one who loved us and released us from our sins by His blood Blessed be H...is name! Dear Friends and supporters of the International Seamens House, Thank you for your prayers and support this past year! Through your help and God's provision of the resources, health and energy we have been able to minister to the sailors visiting the Port of Savannah in the following ways: 328 ship visits 1,577 sailors transported for shopping needs and various other reasons 10,434 miles driven 116 sailors visiting our annex at GPA Garden City Terminal BUT, the best news of all! Almost a 1,000 gospel tracts distributed in many languages Hundreds of New Testaments distributed to the sailors in English and various other languages Hundreds of Bibles in the Chinese language to Chinese sailors Many, many opportunities to share our precious faith with individual sailors and even some of the sailors family members Again, thank you for your prayers and support! Many, many thanks to Bill and Pam Maxey for 35 faithful years of bringing the Gospel to so many sailors by showing them the love of the Lord Jesus!! Thanks: to Everett Tumblin for his faithful service week in and out! to Fr Richard Young and his many years of service to the sailors to Evelyn Singleton for so many years of service and her sweet love to all she meets! May the Lord bless and keep you all this year!! For the Seamens House, John Nichols

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM OUR FAMILIES TO YOURS!

Dear Friends of the International Seamen's House, The International Seamen's House has been helping seamen for 175 years. Our services are many as we t meet the ships and transport the Seamen to our facilities. We help them to contact loved ones at home, give them snacks, free clothes and most of all: a free Bible in their own language. They spend time with our... Chaplains and learn that God is love. Currently, we have 2 chaplains at our annex but could use at least 2 more at the Garden City Terminals, 2nd largest and busiest port in the USA. We are currently processing about 10,000 seamen a year and expect this number will also increase. The port Chaplain is John Nichols and he is joined with Rev. Everett Tumblin. Evelyn Singleton in the past, covers the Ocean Terminal, East Coast Terminal and also handles the affairs of the International Seaman's House downtown which includes our beautiful little Chapel. She is carrying on the work that brought she and her husband Curtis to Savannah. Because of faithful supporters and prayer partners like yourselves, our work continues on. Again this year we ask for your support as we continue sending Bibles all over the world. "So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. "- Isaiah 55: 11 o 1. Help us to continue providing Bibles in 51 languages that we always freely give to these seamen. each Bible is about $12. We need to re-order for next year. o 2. Please help us with expenses and maintenance for the vans such as oil changes, tires, insurance and gasoline. This year we drove 30,000-40,000 miles with seamen packed in the vans. One shopping trip to the mall, saves them about $50 cab fare for a group of six. o 3. The seamen look forward to getting a ditty bag in Savannah. We provide hundreds per year. They contain items such as: soap, socks, skull caps, snacks, $5 phone cards, pens, etc. o 4. There are thousands of seamen that we cannot reach as they come into the port and leave within hours. We could use volunteers to drive a van , even one day per week. o 5. Finally, we need to save towards a new van; cost $40,089.00. One of our vans was totaled in a wreck and we need to replace it. *Remember all donations postmarked by December 31 st can be used as a tax donation for 2018. Please make checks payable to: The International Seamen's House Mail to: The International Seamen's House, 25 Houston Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401

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Another big ship headed into port of Savannah.

Good morning! Hope everyone has a great day! Thanks to the hard working people that carry on the work of the Seamen's house to the ports within Savannah! #savannah #georgia #gpa #gaports #savannahriver

Our new president Janice Cantrell! Congratulations!

Board meeting today we will have a new President!

Very busy ports in Savannah, Georgia at Georgia Ports Authority