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Here is the issue coming to your mailboxes next week! Have a safe, blessed and thankful thanksgiving! God Bless!This is ...
11/21/2025

Here is the issue coming to your mailboxes next week! Have a safe, blessed and thankful thanksgiving! God Bless!
This is our second to last issue!

We are pushing HARD to get as many of you and your business into every home in Mitchell ONE LAST TIME, before we stop pr...
11/10/2025

We are pushing HARD to get as many of you and your business into every home in Mitchell ONE LAST TIME, before we stop printing!

Let me know if you want your business in one of our final 2 publications!

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605-630-5057

Life Matters November 5, 2025‘’The problem isn’t (so much) that Johnny can’t read. The ...
11/06/2025

Life Matters
November 5, 2025

‘’The problem isn’t (so much) that Johnny can’t read. The problem isn’t even that Johnny can’t think. The problem is that Johnny doesn’t know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.’ – Thomas Sowell. What American Economist Thomas so well said in his possible spinoff from Rudolph Flesch’s 1955 critique of the American public school system’s ineffective teaching of phonics in his book - Why Can’t Johnny Read - does, of course, not apply to every American school equally as they are about as varied as the people who run them, which variation is often a mere reflection on how much influence the Holy Bible has on school faculty versus the amount of influence is accepted from the militantly humanistic faculty of the Teachers Unions.
Today is the culmination of 44 years since dear Sadie and I said our ‘yah’ vows before the deutsche minister who then joined our hands together, gave us the blessing of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, pronounced us husband and wife in the presence of God and these witnesses and then gave this final directive; (in deutsche, of course) ‘’What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.’

While we both have regrets, doing life together has been a lot of fun. There has also been a lot of travail. Sadie may speak for herself but for me it was struggling to become the leader and provider that I knew God wanted me to be for my wife and the little ones being added to our household. Four lovely daughters came first. They were, and had, a lot of fun. Our eldest, Linda, was always full of ideas – every day was a new adventure – and in summertime her ideas often involved the woods in front of our house beyond the chicken shed.
The woods was where they often played and sometimes they played house. Their creativity fascinated me and I became a ‘visitor’ at their ‘house’ when their ‘homemaking’ happened on a Saturday when I was home all day. On one such beautiful Saturday I knocked on their imaginary door and was further fascinated by the hospitality they all freely gave me as they invited me in, politely showed me to the ‘couch’ and proceeded to bring me water, offer me ‘tea’ and something to ‘eat’ and excitedly chattered about their day.
A ’baby’ cried. It needed fed. Another wasn’t settling down for a nap well and needed to be rocked. ‘Dinner’ was being ‘prepared’ and set on the ‘table’ as I, the visitor, sat musing on the ‘couch’. (a small log) ‘’What’, thought I, ‘makes this so much fun?’ As if for the first time, it was dawning on me that everything about this little girl play has to do with what us ‘big people’ call work. ‘’What is it’ – I mused – that makes ‘work’ so much fun?

Two reasons for the fun entered my brain and settled into my heart. Even though these, our lovely daughters, were too young (age 7 down to a year old) to express or even think about it there was already an innate God-given desire awakening to someday be a homemaker in their own home, and in the meantime they were doing a skit for me – unaware of it, of course – of what they saw and experienced in our home. The ‘walls’ were sticks on the ground, the ‘doors’ were gaps in the sticks, the floor was dirt swept clean of leaves and other woodland debris, the ‘furniture’ was logs or imaginary, but none of that mattered. This was home.

The other reason work was so much fun, of course, was that the baby never cried unless they so desired – it wasn’t mealtime or bedtime unless they wanted it to be – and their visitor was ever impressed with anything they offered him. But none of that mattered to me. My little girls were learning life by doing life. Their thinking and their feeling was all in. The baby dolls even needed discipline at times. Unknowingly they were learning that right thinking leads and feelings come along.

Right thinking, they were to have personally stamped on their hearts and minds in later years, was identified and established by God in His Word and when we have right thoughts about ourselves and our need, right thoughts about God, His Word, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent, when those right thoughts settle into us, reside in our hearts, then the way is opened for right feelings about ourselves, others, life, death, God, the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ the son of God, and a myriad of details we encounter every day. Right feelings because of right thinking, not the other way around.

Let us not confuse feeling with thinking but allow our feelings to be judged by what is, in fact, the Truth of the matter.

Life Matters!

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My Heart! Today I was flooded with 8 envelopes in the mail, containing donations and most importantly, LOVE! I cried te...
11/05/2025

My Heart! Today I was flooded with 8 envelopes in the mail, containing donations and most importantly, LOVE!

I cried tears of joy and love! One envelope had $5 and no return address to send a thank you to, it was a pure act of love and support....THANK YOU! Some contained donations and heart felt notes that expressed the love and appreciation they have for The 4 You Pages. Each envelope I recieved today brought me tears and filled my heart with joy!

Hearing all the words of encouragement and feeling the love in the words that were sent, has brought me light in this current situation! To hear that God has worked through The 4 You Pages to touch the lives of those who have recieved it....Thank You Jesus!!

Today I received $490
Total donations - $545
Total left to go - $39,455

Please continue supporting us as we close this chapter in our lives!

There have been very thoughtful donations sent in through Venmo! I can't say thank you enough to everyone who has felt l...
11/04/2025

There have been very thoughtful donations sent in through Venmo! I can't say thank you enough to everyone who has felt led to help and continue to reach out and pray!

We are at $55

$39,945 left to go!

Thank you all so much!

Thank you so much for this amazing, heart felt review that was left on Alignable! I appriciate all the kind words!
11/04/2025

Thank you so much for this amazing, heart felt review that was left on Alignable! I appriciate all the kind words!

Sunday night laughs!
11/03/2025

Sunday night laughs!

Thank you so very much for the thoughtful donations that have been given to The 4 You Pages, through Venmo over the last...
11/02/2025

Thank you so very much for the thoughtful donations that have been given to The 4 You Pages, through Venmo over the last couple days! Every single $1 and prayer gets us closer to our goal of closing this chapter free of debt!

Goal is $40,000

😆 🤣 a little laugh to start your Tuesday morning!!
10/28/2025

😆 🤣 a little laugh to start your Tuesday morning!!

It's getting close to our annual Christmas Edition on December 17th. This issue always brings so much joy to the communi...
10/28/2025

It's getting close to our annual Christmas Edition on December 17th. This issue always brings so much joy to the community, I am really excited to do it one last time. Make sure to let me know if you want to participate by having your Christmas greeting published in The 4 You Pages !!!

A Message from the Heart 💔Well friends… this is one of those messages I never imagined having to write. After much praye...
10/28/2025

A Message from the Heart 💔

Well friends… this is one of those messages I never imagined having to write. After much prayer, thought, and a few (okay, maybe more than a few) tears, I need to share that our Christmas issue on December 17th will be our last.

The truth is, the overhead for printing and mailing has simply become too high for what’s coming in. Add to that a number of unpaid invoices for ads that have already run. Unfortunately, the financial strain has become more than we can bear. Despite our best efforts to keep things going, this has created a burden too heavy to carry any longer. We simply don’t have enough advertising coming in to cover the cost of each print. and—well—let’s just say the math stopped adding up a long time ago. I was really hoping the advertising would pick up and we could get out if debt and continue The 4 You Pages, unfortunately, that is not the way it happened.

We are not a nonprofit or LLC, every dollar spent (or lost) has been from a sole proprietor business, personal money. Every small business seems to be feeling the pinch right now, and we’re no exception.

This has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make. Every part of me wanted to keep pushing forward—but sometimes faith means knowing when to stop striving and start trusting. God has been so faithful. He has carried this little paper for four amazing years, bringing His Truth and love into homes twice a month.

What a journey it’s been! I can’t even begin to describe the joy it’s brought me—meeting so many wonderful people, hearing your kind words, receiving your letters, emails, and calls, prayers and donations. Every single one has made my heart smile (and sometimes cry happy tears). The 4 You Pages has truly been a ministry of love. It hurts my heart to feel like I have let you down, my readers, my advertisers and prayer warriors, I am so sorry!

I’ll be honest—it hurts. It hurts to see something you’ve poured your heart, soul, and savings into come to an end. Maybe I should’ve stopped sooner, but my heart wasn’t ready to let go. The joy this paper has brought to others made it all worth it.

So, as we prepare for this final issue, I just want to say thank you—from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for reading, for advertising, for praying, for cheering us on. Thank you for letting me be a small part of your lives and your faith journey.
Even though the pages will stop printing in Dec. 17th, I know God’s story doesn’t stop here. He’s still writing, still working, and always good.
What started out as just another advertising paper, turned into a fun, faith-based paper that brought joy and light to those to read it.
With gratitude, faith, and a heavy—but hopeful—heart,
Ashley

P.S. Our hope and goal, before the final issue on Dec. 17th, is to gather enough advertising and donations to clear our remaining expenses and close this chapter with joy and without stress. We currently mail to almost 10,000 households — if everyone who revieves The 4 You Pages were to send just $4, it would completely clear our debt. If The 4 You Pages has been a blessing to you or someone you know, please consider helping us finish this journey in the best way possible. Your support, in any amount, truly means the world to us. 💛 I am so thankful God used me for this ministry!

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for welcoming The 4 You Pages into your homes these past four years. What an incredible blessing it’s been to share God’s Truth, love, and encouragement with you. Your kindness, prayers, and support have meant more than words can say. 💛

💛 A Heartfelt Thank You from Ashley at The 4 You Pages 💛After four wonderful years, The 4 You Pages will be printing its...
10/27/2025

💛 A Heartfelt Thank You from Ashley at The 4 You Pages 💛

After four wonderful years, The 4 You Pages will be printing its final issues this holiday season. This has truly been one of the greatest blessings of my life — being welcomed into nearly 10,000 homes every month, sharing encouragement, community stories, and faith-filled pages.

I want to sincerely thank every reader, advertiser, and friend who has supported this little paper. Your kindness and encouragement have meant more than words can express.

As we prepare to print our final three issues — November 12th, November 26th, and December 17th — I truly need your help to finish strong. Please support the closing of this chapter by:

🗞️ Advertising in one (or all) of the remaining issues
🛍️ Promoting your Black Friday deals in the November 26th issue
🎄 Joining our annual Christmas issue with a $50 2x4 holiday greeting ad (I’ll create your message for you!)
💛 Or by simply sending a small donation to help us close this chapter peacefully and without stress

From the bottom of my heart — thank you for allowing The 4 You Pages to be part of your homes and hearts these past four years. What a gift this journey has been.

With love and gratitude,
Ashley

It's officially announced. I am already grieving this chapter of my life that God blessed me with!

Right now my focus is to receive Advertising and donations to help support this chapter closing.

The paper ended up being a bigger financial burden than I was prepared for. Any and all additional advertising and donations would be a blessing and get us closer to our goal of clearing our debt before we close!

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