I wanted to give you a brief rundown of what the Chism family is up to in July.

  • 2nd Men’s Prayer in the Park at our church (had about 14 men show up!)
  • Birthday celebration for Michael Howard, Joli’s Dad.
  • Enjoyed a wonderful Joli Fourth weekend: went to a family friend’s farm house about 30 minutes north of our place. It was a 40 acre spread! Beautiful! We ate, played v-ball and frisbee golf…came back and watched a late-night movie.
  • Joli and Eden (Joli’s sister) were driving to Frederick Community College on Monday, July 6th and got in a car accident. Some young kid darted his car in front of theirs while making a left turn. My car was quite damaged and may not be repairable but Joli and Eden were untouched! God was so good to us all!
  • Joli has 21/2 more weeks or so before she is 100% done with her college degree. She has worked so incredibly hard to finish, and I just hope Hillsdale College will still let her graduate from their school. That is the main reason she is finishing the degree. I am so proud of how hard she has worked. I do not have the same diligent drive my wife has for studying! However…I am SO glad we’ll be done with this chapter in life. It has not been easy for both of us.
  • I am now officially into my first full-month of starting my new marketing management company: “A David Creation.” My new website is still being designed but the progress can be Viewed Here. I am very excited about diving into this business. I have about 6 clients and have a number of good quality leads I’m following up on right now. I am trusting that God will take care of our daily needs and that I can be a blessing to small business owners.
  • I am headed to Portland, OR in about a week for a painting conference. I serve as a board member for the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America’s Residential Forum. We have our annual conference for 3 days in July. The exciting part is that I’ll get to see my Mom and Dad, who are attending. I’ll be doing a presentation on websites and the need for a quality site. I hope to pick up a few clients from my time there too.
  • Joli continues to take the kids to a beautiful lake about 30 minutes from our house. I have yet to be able to go with her but hope that will change soon. Everywhere we go out here seems to be 20-30 minutes minimum! So if you want to live in the country, which we do, you have to drive…a lot. I have not gotten use to driving for painting estimates either. My average drive still is 45 mins to 1 hour one way!
  • I am also working part time for Hallco Enterprises, a professional paint company near Frederick MD. I hope the owner with his marketing plan and work on his residential repainting estimates for him. It is good to get out of the office and in front of a computer and get to meet people! I love it.
  • We will then end the month attending about 3 more Howard birthdays!
  • In early August, we’ll plan an overnight trip to a nearby campground to celebrate Joel’s 4th birthday. We found some great cabins about 45 minutes away and hope to gather a few family members to join us for a couple of days!

That is the Chism brief update. Oh ya…and Joli and I still try to tip-toe away to enjoy a date night every 2 weeks or so.