Harmony Assembly

For almost six months, we’ve been working hard on opening a new Rainbow Assembly in Tigard. Once Jennifer was back from England, that work paid off. Yesterday morning, Harmony Assembly, sponsored by Tigard Lodge, was instituted. After that, the Grand Officers of Oregon Rainbow initiated 9 girls into Rainbow.

In the afternoon, thirteen members of Harmony Assembly were installed into office, with Jennifer as the first Worthy Advisor.

Her installation and term theme is Toy Story.

England

During her last two weeks of study abroad, Jennifer was able to make several side trips. She visited Dover and Canterbury.

She also went to the Harry Potter Studio Tour.

 The programs last trip was out to Stonehenge.

They also visited the Roman Baths at Bath.

Here the group poses for its last picture.

DLC

Bryan spent the last week up in Washington attending the Pacific Northwest DeMolay Leadership Conference.

It was held at a Boy Scout camp near Mt Rainier. This was his seventh time attending, and his fourth year as a Junior Staff.

Jennifer, meanwhile, spent the week exploring London, including touring Parliament.

She also went on a tour of the United Grand Lodge and visited Harrods and Covent Garden.

On Wednesday, her group took a coach (bus) out to Blenheim Palace and Oxford.

Paris and London

This weekend, Jennifer and some of her classmates took the Eurostar to Paris, and spent some time seeing the sites.

She and some friends visited the Eifel Tower, the Louvre, and Notre Dame, among other sites.

In addition to attending classes, she has continued checking out the sites in London as well. She saw the Tempest at the Globe as well as Wicked.

She and her classmates visited Hampton Court and Westminster Abbey, as well as visiting the headquarters of Costco in England.

They also toured the Temple Church, the Inns of the Court, and the Tower of London.

London

On Monday, Jennifer flew to England, where she is spending six weeks with the University of Portland's business program.

They spent the first few days settling in and seeing some of the sights around London. 

Yesterday they went out to Windsor Castle.

Grand Assembly

This weekend was Oregon Rainbow's annual convention, which was held out in Pendleton. Thursday night was opening, and they gave out ritual awards. Jennifer won the Grand Prize in two categories.

Friday morning, the new Grand Officers were announced. Jennifer was appointed Grand Drill Leader for the next year.

The Grand Worthy Associate Advisor gave her incoming officers a mascot for the next year.  

 That night was the annual pantaloon contest.

Last night the new officers were installed.

ISC

This week Bryan and Jennifer traveled to Minneapolis for the annual convention of DeMolay International. The first session of the DeMolay Congress, composed of two members of each jurisdiction, was held at the Minneapolis Scottish Rite. 

The next day, they split into groups to perform service projects.

Elections for next year's International Master Councilor and Congress Secretary were held at the State Capitol.