Life gets Serious. So Laugh!: "Mom said, it's MY Turn!"

Matthew 25:40
The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me'.

So Matt and I went to Disneyland the other day. It's a great place to forget about the everyday mundane things we do and just have fun. There are kind people crowding every street, stepping on the back of your flip-flops when you try to walk and offering to push ahead of you on the ride you just got in line for. There are bright shiny (burnt) faces filling the Park, along with thousands of children having cute little emotional break downs everywhere you step. There are fun looking lines for everything. Lines for rides, lines for the bathrooms, lines for the exit, lines for ordering food...

Well anyway, I felt like grabbing a Starbucks frappaccino in California Adventure, since we were going to be outside all day, enjoying the humid 95+ degree weather that we've been having in So. Cal the last few months.

As we stood in line for at least an hour (or it could have been about 15 minutes), a mom and 3 kids waited behind us. These young children were obviously not related to each other, and quite obviously not related to the mom pushing the stroller. They were adorable kids, and did a pretty good job controlling their whining (for the first 2 minutes) while in line.

I noticed that the mom was wearing a 147 Million Orphans shirt. And so was one of the little girls. I've read about this organization a while back, and decided I'd have to look it up again when I got home.

..As they left the food counter, two of the little girls started pushing the stroller at the same time. "It's MY TURN!" Yelled one. Then it went back and forth for a minute, "No it's mine! No it's not, it's mine!" Ah, so cute.
Then the older one pulled out the big guns... "Nooo, MOM said it's MY turn!!"
And they both continued pushing the stroller while skillfully keeping all 4 hands on the handle and roughly elbowing each other in the face all the way to their table.

I apologize for finding this hilarious at the poor mother's expense. Matt and I laughed hysterically, and we continued to snicker about it the rest of the day. We'll never have that problem. har, har.

Anyway, it got me to thinking about that mom. How cool is it to not only be supporting an organization that helps the orphans, and wearing a T-shirt to bring awareness, but is also doing her own part?! How cool is it to see her amazing, loving ministry, even at a place as crazy and crowded as Disneyland?

I hope other people were affected by this little group just as I was. But even if I was the only one that noticed this colorful group of a family, I hope I can also lead by example and do my own part and help spread awareness about the 147 Million orphans. (Yes this seems a little hard when you only have 10 people following your little blog, and no kids to show for all the talk yet... but hey, you have to start somewhere, and it can't hurt to try!).

People often ask me, "So, WHY are you adopting and not having your own kids?"
Ahh...All the different reasons go through my head in a split second and I try to figure out which one would be best, depending on what person is asking. The person is usually a patient at work and I want to witness without putting them in an uproar about "religion" or without sharing too much personal information.

Sometimes I really just want to pull out the big guns and say, "Because, GOD said it's MY turn!"

And that's that.