Another FLSRite affected by Craig :)

The first time I ever saw Craig, he had just moved into the FLSR and was bearing his testimony in church. His arm was all bandaged up, and from where I was sitting it was hard to see that he had lost his hand. Before he even told us about his hand, he struck me as SO genuinely happy and full of the Spirit. He bore his testimony of how excited he was for the Resurrection, and how for the first time in his life, he appreciated that blessing. I was blessed to have many interactions with him over our time living in the FLSR, from meetings to social events, and I was amazed every time I was with him at how positive he was and at how dang contagious his happiness was. We even had a left-handed handwriting contest during a meeting once when we should have been listening. :)

Craig was of course always kind to me, and even though I was engaged and am now married, I remember thinking that the woman he married would be a very lucky, loved, and constantly-laughing woman. I remember listening to his dreams of becoming a chiropractor, and even though it seemed difficult to do that with one hand, he wasn't depressed about it. The earth has truly lost one of it's happiest, most influential people.

Craig is truly the kind of person that I can say has changed my life - and I said that before I knew of his passing. I am so sorry for his family and for the thousands more people who won't be directly affected by him in this lifetime, but I am so happy that he has his hand back, and that now the heavens are probably a bit jollier for having Craig Decker there. :)

--Becca Warthen Johnson