Cristo Redentor

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I reckon if I wanted a to make a catch your breath blog or something this would be it.  But first things first.  Check our last blog.  out our window is the famous, iconic to many, symbol of Rio,  Christ the Redeemer Statue which is quite strikingly visible day and night outside our apartment.  Today we went up to the huge (130 feet tall) statue which I have learned is the fifth largest statute of Jesus in the world, and perhaps the best known?)  - anyway it is big

It is quite impressive and the day was beautiful.

What really made this extra special and so unreal is set off by the photo below.  We had spoken earlier in the morning with Laura and had gotten the wonderful news about John Paul's surgery and how well things seemed to be going for him.  Laura mentioned being able to look out the hospital window and see the statue that is right over Julianna's right shoulder.  That would be Mao of course and I do not think it is one of the largest but it is pretty large.  

We of course were at the same time able to look out the window of our apartment in Rio and see the Christ the Redeemer statue reminder and are so thankful for answered prayers for our grandchildren and children.

That would be just a fraction of Rio behind the four of us from the courtyard around the statute

 Some of the tourists that were with us at the mountain top

 and our apartment is to the left side of that middle stretch of green overlooking that patch of city invading the left center.  Our address is Rua do Oriente 314 apto 106 Sta. Teresa 20.240-130 Río de Janeiro.  Copy that address into a google map address bar and you can see where we are. Google maps are incredibly accurate here.  Most of the cabs have google maps on their dash boards or use their phones in order to find places.  

 There in the center is the statue of the Christ from our apt window

and in the upper left.