Chief C-Deck

We were blessed to work with Craig since our very first year as EFY counselors (2004). Though we were never in the same counselor group as he was, we both always noticed Craig's ear-to-ear smile, and his inflatable penguin! Any time I think of Craig, I think of that inflatable penguin. Haha, such a funny guy!

The next summer, Brandon worked with Craig on the Provo BC team where Craig received the honor of formerly being known as "C-Deck". He is just one of those guys that will have fun in any situation, and he would go along with any of the BC's crazy ideas! Brandon was telling me that we should title this blog, "Chief C-Deck" because he was there the week that the BC Team had a "Pow Wow" with a campfire and a headdress! They all had names, well...the girls were just "Squaws". Haha!

Our last year of EFY, we were both very lucky to work with Craig in the EFY office during the school year. Craig worked for Pete Kadish, and we worked for Dicksy Rhoads. We had such a great time in the office! I tried to start the nickname "Doogie" (because I thought he looked like Doogie Howser MD), but it never stuck!

One thing I remember about Craig is how much he loved his family. He was soo excited that Kevin was going to be an EFY counselor! He would always talk about how Kevin was such a stud, and the "coolest Decker". Haha, funny Craig.

It was somewhat ironic because this past Saturday (July 5th), Brandon was sharing a story about "one of his EFY buddies that blew his hand off with a Firework from Mexico"...I had no idea who he was talking about! I asked who it was, and he said "Craig Decker". I couldn't believe it! Since I stopped working for EFY in 2006, I hadn't really heard about anything. But Brandon and Craig still worked in the EFY office in 2007. He said that Craig just showed up one day in the office with his arm wrapped up in a huge bandage, and when asked what happened he just casually would say, "Oh, I blew off my hand with a firework."

--Brandon and Erica Wilkinson