After the craft fair a bunch of girls met at the lodge before we headed off to Old Town Alexandria for the ghost tours. When we got there, it was raining so we all had to get umbrellas. We met our tour guide and she lead us through the town with some sad but fascinating stories. Once the tour was over, we all got gelato at one of the buildings the tour guide had a story about. I don’t know about the other girls, but I defiantly smelled the smoke.

 Emily – Manassas Assembly #13

Before we went to Vertical Rock a bunch of Rainbow families went to Fosters for dinner. Samantha and I went on a “date” as our families and friends would say. The food was really good!   When Sam, Austin, Preston, and I were done eating we went on a walk-through Old Town. Well more like Austin and Preston carried Sam and I while they were walking. But we all had fun!

Emily

On October 11^th, 2020, I got to have a quick lunch with the Grand Worthy Advisor, Vanessa!  Emily and I were selling some honey at the craft fair, and Vanessa was hungry, so she invited us to go to the mall food court with her to get some food.  We got there and headed into the mall to decide on what to eat.  Vanessa got pizza, while Emily and I got sushi.  It was fun to sit down and have some funny conversations with Vanessa, because she is a great person to hang out with!  After we were done eating, we got back into Vanessa’s car and headed to a tea place that she wanted us to try.  On the way there Emily and I were laughing really hard because Vanessa was getting mad at her Bluetooth.  We got to the tea place and Vanessa told us to try the Thai tea with boba, which is exactly what we did.  The drink came with a lid on it so Vanessa specifically said, “Don’t worry, you can’t spill it, it has a lid”.  Yet somehow, Emily managed to spill it all over her lanyard and legs, it was really funny.  We finally got back after listening to some great music and thanked Vanessa for taking us, I had a fun time. We love our Grand Worthy Advisor!

In Rainbow Love & Service,

-Samantha – Manassas Assembly #13

On September 12^th, 2020, the Rainbow Girls held a 50’s themed drive-in movie!  It was a blast!  There were so many cool outfits to represent the 50’s, such as poodle skirts, Pink Ladies’ jackets, and even letterman jackets.  Everyone was so excited when people started showing up.  Some girls directed cars to their spots. Others worked on concessions.  Some were selling grand merchandise, and others were selling mini-cardboard cars for the younger children.  We intended to have a couple of cars, maybe 9 or 10…but we ended up having so many cars that the whole parking lot and even some of the grass area was full!  Everyone had a good time eating their snacks in their car while getting to listen to the movie on a personal radio station and getting to watch it on a big projector.  After we were all finally done directing cars, delivering snacks, and selling things, everyone including the girls got to relax and watch the movie, and even got to have fun conversations on the side.  The 50’s drive-in movie was so much fun and a huge success, and I hope we get to do it again another time!

In Rainbow Love & Service,

Sam – Manassas Assembly #13