The Patchwork Tent

One tent that had an exceptional story was a patchwork tent. Half of the squares were painted by elementary school children in California, and the rest of the squares were done by children in Darfur. The differences in the images painted on the squares were shocking. The squares done by American children were pretty typical, spread with images of flowers and butterflies, however the images on the squares by Darfuri children carried some images that were difficult to absorb. Rather than showing images of butterflies and rainbows, the squares depicted pictures of men with guns, and houses being burned....everyday images in their lives.

Here are some of their pictures...

The way the tent was constructed was quite interesting as well. There were more squares from American children than were Darfuri children. With that unbalance, the Darfuri squares were all in a strip in the middle of the tent, with the American squares surrounding them. Those who put the tent together did that to symbolize how those in Darfur are constantly being thought of and prayed for by people in America.

Tune in later to see the full story of this tent through video!