On Sunday April 22nd, Manassas Assembly #13 made food for the firefighters at a local fire station. I had been working on the Adopt-a-Spot cleanup, but when I got back there was a delicious smell of pasta and bread! Some of the Girls who were not cleaning Ashton Avenue, had stayed at the Lodge and cooked pasta and bread with the adults. People bought a lot of food too, including cake, ice cream, and fruit salad. After a little bit of lunch and scrapbooking, it was time to load up the vehicles! Some of the Girls then headed out to the vehicles to put the food in the trunks. We then drove to the local fire station by the court house and unloaded the trunks (I carried the pretty cake).

The firefighters were pretty surprised since they weren’t expecting us, but very grateful that we had brought so much food! One of the firefighters then showed us to their kitchen, where we set all the food down on the table. Some other firefighters came and were really happy and shocked about all the food. Before we left, we made sure that the firefighter showed us where the fire pole was! We were not allowed to slide down, but some of us tried to climb up a little bit for a photo! Some of the other firefighters came back with the station’s newest firetruck, and we all got to get a picture in front of it with all the firefighters, for the scrapbook. They invited us to come back any time and thanked us for the food. I had an amazing time and I would definitely want to come back again!

In Rainbow Love & Service,
Alyssa
Manassas Assembly

On April 12th, M’balu, Batu, and I with the help of my mom, Mom Jean, and fed the Masons at the Royal Arch dinner. We served chicken, mash potatoes and gravy, corn and rolls. We made around $75 at the dinner. We had a great time serving and preparing the food.
 
With Rainbow Love and Service,
Zoey

On Saturday April 14, Sara,Kensley, Lauren, Alex and Reagan participated in the yearly competitions. On the way up to Richmond we went to Chick-fil-A and got lunch. After we went to the Dollar Tree to get snacks for our trip and I slipped my Chick-fil-A cup on the ground and made a mess! Once we made it to competitions I got very nervous because 11-13 year olds went first and that meant that Alex and I were first. After we competed, it was Sara’s turn for the Rose Lecture; following that it was Lauren and Kensley’s turn! While we waited for Rodeo to start, we colored pictures! When it was time for Rodeo, Sara, Lauren, Alex and myself competed. Richmond’s Assembly Room was a little different so it was somewhat a challenge! We all went to dinner at Hibachi Grill and we took pictures! Today was a great day and I look forward to next year!

With Rainbow Love and Service,
Reagan

On Sunday April 8, Lauren, Alex, Reagan, and Kensley attended Immanuel Baptist Church for Rainbow Sunday. Pastor Brian was lively and spoke about how we hear God. He made the attending people think, but in a way that wasn’t too complicated. At the end of the service we gave Pastor Brian a thank you card for allowing us to use the church’s gym for our vendor fair. Then we went to Red Robin and ate lunch. We looked at the several pictures around and saw one that said “ Do I have ketchup in my mustache “ we were with Dad Gansler and since he has a mustache we asked him to recreate it and he did. We joked around until our food came and had an overall good time. Lauren, Alex, Reagan, and Kensley then headed to our Lodge to practice for Competitions. We stayed late going over our parts but still had a good time. 

With Rainbow Love and Service,
Alex