I'm going to kick this off with:

God is Good!

I have the job. In Beijing. Some of you may know about it - but basically it seems to be something between a paralegal and a trainee solicitor position.

The line is a bit blurry because the firm employing me is an American firm - who usually don't take trainees...

So what they're doing here with me is a little bit unorthodox...
but its exactly what I'm looking for.

Real work. Real clients. Training in China Law. A chance to improve my mandarin.

And - the opportunity to be involved in setting up and being part of a brand new office... up there in Beijing.

I can describe the job - but it wont really explain why this means so much to me.

It seems like this opportunity ticks all the boxes that I had identified earlier on in the year...
I had expect to have to compromise - and thought what I wanted was unrealistic.
Maybe it was.

But God has delivered. And this... blessing... just confirms to me that he was there all along in the dark times - that all this pain hasn't been wasted... and that he's been in control.

I "knew" that while all this was going on... but being brought out of the valley proves that it was just a valley.
Dawn proves that night has an ending.
You knew it while you were in there... you just were not entirely sure you were going to get there.

This is something small, but it helps me to trust again that God knew what he was doing all along.

This is the doorway to another challenge though (which is, strangely enough, a very welcome thing right now... I need to be *doing* stuff)...

I'm going to need to sort out accommodation in Beijing - make a home for myself there...
While handling a new job - improving my langauge skills - and learning chinese law.

Anyone have any ideas who I could get in contact with about Accommodation in Beijing?

Anyone know anything about Beijing that they think would be helpful to pass along?

- James