Praying with color and symbol.

ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA. Nineteen people from the NW MN Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church planned to travel to India this past November to meet with their Sister Synod in Andhra Pradesh, India. The purpose of their meeting was to strengthen their ties and relationships. They visited churches, schools and hospitals to learn about India, their history, culture and religions. As they were planning ways to strengthen their relationships between the two synods and their common faith, the team thought about the power of sharing prayer and creating art. The World Canvas Project does both and decided to create a canvas. They worked on the World Canvas twice: the first time at a School for the Blind, where students were helped writing prayers and placing their thumbprints next to their written prayers. The second time was at the Youth Festival in Visakhapatnam, where the students and adults crowded around the canvas to share painted prayers. Video by Linnea Popke–Larson.