The Road of Life: Between Clouds, Longing and Legacies
By Célio Barcellos While I was driving and chatting with my friend Robis André about the things of life, the sky between Jaguariúna and Engenheiro Coelho in São Paulo state treated us to a breathtaking frame of stratus-cumulus clouds. In an endless web, they blanketed the deep blue and softly veiled the sun’s rays, which hung almost motionless, shining perpendicularly above the motorway ahead of us. At one point, Robis shared with me a message he had received at the beginning of May, telling him of the passing of Mr Byron David Hobbs — architect and dear personal friend. Mr Hobbs had given outstanding architectural service to the central Adventist church in Taunton. He designed a beautiful Centre of Influence that is currently under construction and will help many people across the south of England — from nutrition and physical health to mental and spiritual wellbeing. Their friendship had grown so strong that even after Robis was transferred from Taunton to the beaut...
