A Heart Pulled in Two Directions

I love Coeur d' Alene, Idaho so much and at the same time I love Tacoma, WA so much. How is this possible? I don't know, but it is. In Coeur d' Alene I have my family and camp. In Tacoma I have my friends and my ministry community. Both feel like home base to me in different ways. I feel like I should be glad that I have two places that I love so much and enjoy being in. This is good, the trouble comes however when the pull from other place interferes with the love of the place I am in. Because of this I feel like I will not be completely content until I can be fully in both places at the same time, but this is physically impossible. Thus, the fightable battle becomes figuring out how to be content where I am at when I am there and just counting the other place as a blessing of love far away that I can enjoy when I am there. This is a big challenge, but I pray this is part of what the Lord will teach me this summer.

WEST-E Conquered!

I just got the scores of my WEST-E back via e-mail. I am in utter disbelief of the results I have been given. The day of the test I was so discouraged as I thought it would be a miracle if I were to pass more than one of the tests. This is because I am a slow test taker and I didn't know you were only given five hours to test regardless of how many tests you were taking. Because I didn't know this, I signed up to take three tests in one day. I didn't end up finishing any of them completely and spent the last five minutes marking in C for the answer of the remainder of the empty bubbles on all the tests. Apparently I did better than I thought because according the unofficial scores I received in my e-mail today, I passed not one but ALL THREE tests! Praise the living God. This means no making arrangements to re-take the tests this summer during camp and no paying $300 more dollars to do so! I am beyond ecstatic with this news.

So, I didn't pass them by much, but I don't think anyone ever sees your actual score, just that you passed or not.
Here is the information from the e-mail:

Test: 005 Elementary Education Subtest 1
Your Status: Passed
Scaled Minimum Passing Score: 240
Your Scaled Total Test Score: 263

Test: 006 Elementary Education Subtest 2
Your Status: Passed
Scaled Minimum Passing Score: 240
Your Scaled Total Test Score: 248

Test: 012 Middle Level Mathematics
Your Status: Passed
Scaled Minimum Passing Score: 240
Your Scaled Total Test Score: 248

And, this is me in utter disbelief but at the same time ecstatic: