El Cristo Rey (Christ the King)

Bueno amigos,

I hope everyone is doing well! I had a great opportunity the other day to go to see El Cubilete, which is the Cristo Rey (Christ the King) statue. It´s one of two in the world and stands 65 ft tall on top of one of the highest peaks in the area. The other statue of Jesus is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and I believe it is twice the size. If you click on the pictures to your left, they will open in another window where you can see them better. The views from the monument are breathtaking. You can see three cities and the airport where I flew into the area. Underneath the statue of Jesus is a beautiful chapel. Attached to the ceiling running the circumference of the room is a huge crown of thorns and in the middle of the room is an altar. When we were there there were two nuns singing and praying. I´m not sure when they hold protestant services up there, but it would be awesome to attend one. I wanted to take a picture of the chapel, but they have signs up saying that is a holy place dedicated to God and that visitors should be quite, respectful, and not take photographs.

Not only was the place great because it was silent and dedicated to Jesus, but no-one was smoking. Haha! It´s nice to get some fresh air every once in a while. Everyone smokes down here. I´m tolerating it because it´s normal; however, in the US I definitely do not tolerate anyone smoking around me.

I´ve created an online photo album using Picasa. I will start putting photos on there in that they upload very fast. It takes forever to put photos up on here. If you click on the title of this blog, it will take you to my online photo album.

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