On Saturday, September 26^th, our assembly traveled back to 3 different time eras in just 5 hours! Our first stop was the lodge where we loaded into the cars and were given the clues for the first time period. We arrived at the Dawson’s house and entered the Roaring 20’s. Thank you to our host Mom Robin for the appetizers! As the time at the first house came to an end, we were given clues for the 2^nd house. We adventured on our way to the house of the Martin’s and entered the 50’s time period. We had a lovely main course meal prepared by Mom Erika and Mom Paula! At this stop we watched the MCHQWA Ball virtually and cheered on the amazing co-host of the show, from our hometown, Vanessa! When the zoom ended, the clues for the final location were revealed. We were then on our way and arrived at the Kiffer’s house for a Colonial themed dessert. We had desserts by candlelight and were served by Mom Nancy and Mr. Zachary.

We had a great night bonding with our sisters and experiencing different types of food from our great hosts. Thank you to our Rainbow adults for making this event possible!

Katie

Manassas Assembly #13

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