Hampton Assembly was honored with the opportunity to preform for the Grand Court of Amaranth at their reception. We did a play about how cell phones turned people into zombies and an electronic toothbrush was the solution to ending the horrible epidemic! The ladies and men there laughed and smiled out our outrageous performance. We definitely brought some life into that crowd and had a prospect to help! Tidewater DeMolay also performed a baseball skit and a dance in blow up suits. It was a fun night with laughs and friendship.

With Rainbow love and service,
Lauren Ann

Hampton held a sleepover at Monitor Lodge as well as a play practice. We had a prospect and she was excited to play games and hang out with us. It’s always great to see younger girls eager to get involved with Rainbow! We played many games like “The Newlywed Game” where you had to guess facts about your partner, “Minute to Win It” games, drawing games, and a game where you put mouthpieces in and tried to speak! We all had a great time and were able to get some practice in for a play we get to perform. It wasn’t just the girls having a good time, the parents had a good time too! They stayed up later than we did and also took joy in scaring us in the dark! It was a great night and I hope to have more sleepovers like that in my term.

With Rainbow love and service,
Lauren Ann

Hampton Assembly went to the Job’s Daughters Pageant to support our Sisters. We were so proud to see Camran up there as the outgoing Miss Congeniality and Scarlet and Leanne as two of the Pageant contestants. It was hosted at the Doubletree where we have our Grand Assembly, so I felt very at home as soon as I walked in. Seeing all my Job’s Sisters all dressed up and excited to be there made me so happy. The Pageant was lovely. Misha (also a fellow Rainbow Girl of Springfield) and Camran had the theme of “Ohana” and all things Hawaii!!! Their speeches were beautiful and so was every girl on that stage. Afterwards, all the DeMolay, Jobies, and Rainbow Girls piled into the dance room and moved and grooved the night away. It was wonderful and it reminds me of the reason why I joined Rainbow in the first place: friends like family, amazing times, and lots of memories.

With Rainbow Love and Service,
Lauren Ann

October 28 – October 30, 2016
Camp Overlook, Virginia

Manassas was represented by nine members:  Vanessa, Gigi, Katie, Zoey, Delanie, Sami, Isabella, Joella, and Abigail; three pledges with their moms and Mom J, three prospects; Denise (and her mom Helen), Akshita, and Sandi (and her mom Pong); and our adults:  Mom Priscilla, Dad Tom, Dad Clancy, Mom Jean, and Mom Louisa.

I arrived at around 8:30 pm on Friday night and there were some girls already there.  People were delayed since I-81 was shut down for several hours.  We found our cabin and got unpacked and then introduced ourselves to the other girls on our side of the cabin.  Girls were in one cabin, moms in another cabin and dads were in a third cabin.  The dads had the nicest cabin.  We then played Apples to Apples and Exploding Kittens; we brought plenty of snacks with us so we had so much food!  We stayed awake until the last of the girls arrived which was around 12:30 am.  Some girls were up much later so sleeping wasn’t easy but we had fun getting to know everyone.

Saturday morning we got up and dressed and went to the dining hall for breakfast.  The weather was really nice and sunny.  The dads made the meals and for breakfast they served pancakes, bacon, orange juice, milk, coffee, yogurt and fruit cups.  After breakfast, the girls were divided into five groups for activities while the parents had training classes until lunch.  We were purposely separated from our home Assemblies so that we could make new friends.  I had a lot of fun.

For lunch, the dads served chicken nuggets, grilled cheese sandwiches, apple slices, baked beans, water, soda, various types of cookies, brownies, granola bars, and Rice Krispy treats.  After lunch we had an Internet safety talk, a balloon relay race, and then took a break before a large group took a hike around the camp while others rested in their cabins.  After the hike we returned to our cabin to relax for a while before going out to explore the camp again before dinner.  

For dinner, the dads served spaghetti, bread, salad and drinks.  Manassas Assembly was assigned clean-up duty after Saturday dinner.  Once clean-up was done we all went to our cabins to get our Halloween costumes and then we walked over to the chapel for a costume contest, a movie and s’mores around a large fire.  The girls had to switch cabins since all the toilets were backed-up, but once we moved our stuff we went back to the movie.  After getting ready for bed we retired to our new cabin for the evening and played cards with our new friends until it was lights out.

Sunday morning we woke up and went to breakfast.  The dads served scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits, yogurt, cereal, milk, coffee, orange juice, and fruit cups.  Once breakfast clean-up was complete, the girls went to the chapel for an art project.  Throughout the morning people loaded up their cars and left while others played air hockey and ping pong in the dining hall or hiked around the camp until it was time to leave.  We left around noon and stopped for lunch on the way home.  I can’t wait to go back next year!

In Rainbow Love and Service,

Isabella