Work

I have some great news. I have been awarded a position with the Doctoral School of Art, Music and Theatre. This is an organisation that is funded by the Academy of Finland, and they employ people to do research. So I have a position for two years, and will be recieving a salary, including pension and medical benefits. It also probably means that we will be able to recieve some support for the baby from the Finnish state, as I will be paying tax on the money. This is a great blessing, and we are really grateful for it. There were 44 applicants, and 7 people were awarded positions, so this is a great honour for me.
God has been providing for us amazingly in the time leading up to this, and we continue to be amazed at His bounty and favour towards us. We went to celebrate by buying huge hamburgers (Tracy had a craving for Steers - which is a bit hard to fulfil here...).
Winter has truly arrived, with several nights going below 0 and the day temperatures hovering at around 10. Some sleet even fell the other day. I wake up to darkness these days, and I suspect even daylight saving in a couple of weeks will not change that.