A Friend from the get go.

Craig was my EFY counselor for the first year that I went. One night I was in need of help with understanding a scripture that I came across. Craig, being completely willing to help anybody at anytime in any place, was more than willing to help me out even though we were much past curfew. We sat down and he began to teach me. We talked for much longer than I expected to and I felt bad for keeping Craig up. But the entire time, Craig was smiling and showing me other scriptures and helped me to not only gain an understanding of the scripture but he also, and more importantly, taught me what Christ-like love and charity was all about. He sacrificed a solid hour of sleep and that made a world of difference to me.

A few years later I had run into Mindy, I think is her name, who was the girl counselor during the EFY, in which Craig was my counselor. She told me what happened to Craig's hand and how he took it. She said that he had such an optimistic perspective on it. I roughly quote, "He told me that he was glad it was him because it could have happened to anybody, and he would have rather it happened to him than to a child, or anyone else for that matter." I will never forget Craig and how much of a positive influence he was to me, although I only got to know him for a week. I am sure he is continuing to spread joy into the lives of others beyond the veil. Thank you for raising such an amazing son. He truly did make a difference in my life.

--Alex Theobald