Hey friends, I hope you have had a lovely week and enjoyed the long weekend.

As you may have gathered from the heading, this is unfortunately going to be the last newsletter for a while. The great news is that this does not mean The Growing Seed is ending, but rather the form of content is just changing.

The Growing Seed was always intended to be a podcast and, when I wanted to start it up, I thought an easy way to get into that would be to do a newsletter. I can confidently say it was definitely the stepping stone I needed and, by God’s grace and blessing, I have reached a point where I am able to pursue the bigger dream.

As I have been working on setting up the podcast, this newsletter has started to feel misaligned and it has been difficult to navigate preparing so much content. This is what has led me to make the decision to discontinue the newsletter.

So what can you expect from The Growing Seed going forward?

Unfortunately, the podcast is not yet ready to be launched - without the newsletter I plan to dedicate my time towards this instead. I am hoping to get up up and going as soon as possible but I think it will still be a couple of weeks.

Once the podcast is running smoothly, I do intend to start the newsletters up again. It will most likely not be the same personal-based reflections but rather something more related to the podcast. I am also exploring the opportunities of creating digital/printed resources at the moment.

As all of these developments unfold, I will send updates with these emails and on our WhatsApp groups. So if you would like to stay tuned to The Growing Seed you are welcome to stay subscribed and I will be sure to communicate any further progress.

I want to thank you so so much for being part of the foundational stage of this project. To everyone who joined the WhatsApp group and subscribed on email, I am really so grateful for your engagement and eagerness to read what I write. Thank you so much for your continued feedback and encouragement and I really hope I can use it to create something that speaks to your needs. God has done incredible things in this space and I am so excited to see what He has in store for this platform. It has always been and will be for His glory.

If you would like to support this transition into new spaces can I ask that you please pray with me. Please pray that, as I sit with God to figure this out, that He would guide me and reveal to me what He wants to do with this platform. Please pray that I would stay disciplined and consistent with pursuing His will and doing the work to keep The Growing Seed going. And lastly, that He would prepare the way before me and that bless the work of my hands.

I hope you have been able to learn and grow through your time here and that you have benefitted from these newsletters. Thank you again so much for being part of this journey, I have so enjoyed sharing it with you.

Until we chat again,

Cailyn xx