Dylan

Dylan Hollinger was another teacher volunteer who helped in Khao Phanom for 3 weeks. He worked at Khao Din Pra-cha-ah-new-goon School. Dylan taught mostly 12th graders. He played volleyball, "Cross word" games, cheered the kids on as they competed in sports activities, and even went on a field trip to a plush hotel in a resort city. The purpose of the trip was to help students learn how to eat like westerners using forks and knives like you would in a fancy restaurant. He spent an extended time with his roommate Ga-mon, a Muslim who heard the gospel through Dylan’s conversations with Dee, a girl friend of Gamon’s. He also spent 2 weekends with the head of the English department’s family. Through conversations in the evening on a bamboo shelter outside their home, Dylan talked about Christianity & his beliefs. Baum and his wife, New, tried to give the Buddhist perspective on what they believed. Baum & New had a hard time explaining some things or didn’t really have a good answer to some of the questions that Dylan posed to them. Baum was curious about what happened to a person when they died because he had been to 4 funerals during the last month. Through this conversation, Dylan was able to share the Gospel. He affected the lives of Baum and New’s family and had a teary departure. Dylan said that he learned much from his time in Thailand especially the power of answered prayer as he leaned on God.