title: Missing the Mark: A Tale of Rescue for the Imperfect
author: Susanne Thoen
description: Susanne Thoen lives in Manassas, Virginia, and is the mother of three grown children. She attends Living Faith Church where she graduated from the Living Faith Ministry Training Center and began the journey of understanding the fullness of life-a life that belongs to believers who dare to walk by faith.
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  _Susan was busy trying to help_ the deranged, so she didn't come with me to
  Tashtego again. Too bad. I was interested in seeing how her relationship with
  Heidi would develop. Susan did not like women who flirted with me in front of
  her, or, I assume, at other times, but at other times the issue didn't come
  up. She was also far too classy to let it show, and I was always fascinated at
  the thoughtful solutions to that problem that she came up with. However, her
  location, in the heart of Cambridge, gave her a huge market for her skills,
  and in the fall, when Harvard was cranked up to its maximum silliness, Susan
  had very little free time.
  
  The Tashtego patrol had obviously been augmented since the wedding. There was
  a security search on the dock in New Bedford before we went on the launch.
  
  "Can't go aboard with a weapon," the security guy said. "We'll hold it here
  for you."
  
  I didn't argue. Gun hadn't done a hell of a lot for me last time.
  
  There were guards with shotguns on the laun