April 15, 2017 – We arrived right on time, just before 1pm.  We were greeted by decorations and lots of food at the Manassas Masonic Lodge. There were games to play and quizzes to take that were fun.  One activity required us to get signatures of different people who knew or did/does or had been somewhere.  This was great because everyone was able to mingle and learn about each other.  There was an Easter questionnaire as well as a Charlie Brown questionnaire.  You could also guess on the number of jellybeans in a jar too.  Towards the end of the party there was the traditional Easter Egg Hunt.  I stayed and helped with the clean-up at the end before going home.  

It was the end of an eventful day as a Rainbow Girl in Manassas Assembly #13.

In Rainbow Love & Service,
Isabella

April 15, 2017 – Once we were done with the benches and chairs at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial we were hungry enough to go get something to eat.  It was also a little too early to go to the Lodge Easter party and we needed somewhere to go for a little while.  We joined with the Manassas DeMolay Chapter, who were already with us from the Alexandria service project, and went to Fuddruckers in Woodbridge, VA. It was fun since it was the first time I had the chance to do a fun event with the Manassas DeMolay Chapter. The girls there were:  Vanessa, Joella, Zoey, Batu, M’Balu, Ashley, Zoe, and me.  We were joined by DeMolay members Josh and Preston with their leader Dad Wyatt.

In Rainbow Love & Service,
Isabella

Service Project to help DeMolay in Alexandria, VA

April 15, 2017 – On Saturday morning, we helped to set up benches and chairs at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial for their Easter Sunday service.  We arrived shortly after 9am and we brought Joella, Ashley, and Zoe in our car.  There were so many people helping that we finished in about 50 minutes which they said was a record.  From our Assembly, we had Vanessa, Joella, Zoey, Batu, M’Balu, Ashley, Zoe, and me. Our adults were Mom Paula, Dad Wyatt, Mom Jean, Mom Erin, and Mom Louisa. Once we were done, we got a large group picture and we were able to see the gift shop since it was open after the setup was complete.  

This was a fun experience since we got to see so many people from Northern Virginia help in a common cause.

In Rainbow Love & Service,
Isabella

The Lodge’s Easter Party was April 15. We had games, food, and an Easter Egg hunt. We broke up in teams and went in search of eggs. Most of the Rainbow Girls gave their candy-filled eggs to the younger children. It was fun explaining how to find the eggs to a few of our Rainbow Sisters who had never had an egg hunt before. Most of the Rainbow Girls and DeMolay were together at the Temple earlier so we just continued to have fun laughing and talking together.

Overall, the party was fun and the day was great with hanging with our Masonic Family.

In Rainbow Love and Service,
Zoey