Having Issues with Node Express() Transferring Decoded User ID between Middleware and Route

I understand that there was a similar question asked to this one but it was never answered clearly (NodeJS Express Router, pass decoded object between middleware and route?).

I try to use the VerifyOrdinaryUser function as middleware in the favorites.js route. This function should create a field in the request called req.decoded containing user information. I need to access this user information in favorites.js but it shows up as undefined when I try to log it. Is there an issue regarding asynchronous code? I'm not sure how to fix this. Thank you!

Verify.js:

  //verify.js
   var User = require('../models/users');
   var jwt = require('jsonwebtoken'); // used to create, sign, and verify tokens
   var config = require('../config.js');

    exports.getToken = function (user) {
        return jwt.sign(user, config.secretKey, {
            expiresIn: 3600
        });
    };

    exports.verifyOrdinaryUser = function (req, res, next) {
        // check header or url parameters or post parameters for token
        var token = req.body.token || req.query.token || req.headers['x-access-token'];

        // decode token
        if (token) {
            // verifies secret and checks exp
            jwt.verify(token, config.secretKey, function (err, decoded) {
                if (err) {
                    var err = new Error('You are not authenticated!');
                    err.status = 401;
                    return next(err);
                } else {
                    // if everything is good, save to request for use in other routes
                    req.decoded = decoded;
                    req.params.id = req.decoded._doc_id;
                    next();
                }
            });
        } else {
            // if there is no token
            // return an error
            var err = new Error('No token provided!');
            err.status = 403;
            return next(err);
        }
    };

    exports.verifyAdmin = function (req, res, next) {
        if (req.decoded._doc.admin == false) {
            next();
        } else {
            // if the user is not admin
            // return an error
            var err = new Error('You are not authorized to perform this operation!');
            err.status = 403;
            return next(err);
        }

    };

Favorites.js:

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var passport = require('passport');
var User = require('../models/users');
var Favorite = require('../models/favorites');
var Verify = require('./verify');

router.get('/', Verify.verifyOrdinaryUser, function(res, req, next){
  console.log(req.decoded);
});

App.js: (not necessary to look at)

var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var passport = require('passport');
var LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy;

var index = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');
var dishes = require('./routes/dishes');
var favorites = require('./routes/favorites');
var app = express();

// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');

// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());

var User = require('./models/users');
app.use(passport.initialize());
passport.use(new LocalStrategy(User.authenticate()));
passport.serializeUser(User.serializeUser());
passport.deserializeUser(User.deserializeUser());

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

var url = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/conFusion';
mongoose.connect(url);
var db = mongoose.connection;
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
db.once('open', function () {
    // we're connected!
    console.log("Connected correctly to server");
});


app.use('/', index);
app.use('/dishes', dishes);
app.use('/users', users);
app.use('/favorites', favorites);

// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  var err = new Error('Not Found');
  err.status = 404;
  next(err);
});

// error handler
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
  // set locals, only providing error in development
  res.locals.message = err.message;
  res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};

  // render the error page
  res.status(err.status || 500);
  res.render('error');
});

module.exports = app;

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