On March 3rd, we arrived at the Haymarket Lodge at about 2pm.  We were running late because we needed to change our clothes and fix our hair from our donut sales that morning since we were bundled up from the cold temperatures and the wind.  We were surprised when we got there because the Lodge had no electricity or heat so we kept our coats on to stay warm.  Despite the cold, no light or electricity the Installation was really nice.  Dad Michael Thornton played the guitar since they couldn’t play the digital piano.  Mary Alice Baird was installed as Worthy Matron for the year and her theme this year is the Rainbow Connection.  She talked about her time as a Rainbow Girl and she had Gigi sing the song The Rainbow Connection as a solo.  Gigi had to sing it without the piano and she did a good job.  We stayed for the reception afterwards and we sold boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts to those in attendance.

In Rainbow Love & Service,

Isabella

3/2/2018

We arrived at the Lodge at 5:30pm and we got the dining room set up and unloaded Mom Belinda’s car with all the food.  One of the containers spilled in the back of her car and it looked bad but smelled good!  We started serving dinner after the prayer at 6:30pm.  For dinner we had Butter chicken and tofu, rice, salad, dessert, coffee, lemonade and iced tea.  The Rainbow Girls that served dinner were Gigi, Dalanie, JoElla, Akshita, Lilli and me.  We all helped to clean up and we were done early and were able to go home by 8pm. 

In Rainbow Love & Service,

Isabella

On February 27th, Manassas Assembly #13 held an Initiation during the meeting. We initiated Emma. The girls at the meeting were myself, Katie, Kate, Dalanie, Zoey, Gigi, Vanessa, Sami, M’Balu, Alyssa, Jazmyn, Maribel, Lillian, Batu, and Ashley. Gigi, Vanessa, Kate and Sami had to protem: Vanessa doing the part of Love, Gigi doing the part of Faith, Kate doing Chaplain for Initiation and her own part as Worthy Associate Advisor and Sami, amazingly, stepping in at the last minute to do the part of Chaplain for Opening/Closing and Service in addition to doing her own part, Patriotism. Kate won the necklace for her amazing performance as Worthy Associate Advisor and Chaplain. Overall, the Initiation was amazing! I had lots of fun, and I’m happy we now have a new member of the Assembly!

Akshita

On February 10th Manassas Assembly visited the residents of MAHOVA.  We handed out Valentine cards!  We had a great time interacting with the residents ~ so many of them had such great stories to share!

We met the King and Queen of the home, Ed and Paula Swansey and had our picture taken with them.  We also met a lady that is 101 years old, and boy does she look amazing! 

I can’t wait to write letters to them and share more stories.  We only had 2 hours to visit, which was not nearly enough time.  Hopefully we can plan another visit soon!

Katie

Manassas Assembly #13