How was your trip?

"How was your trip?" That, by far, has been our most asked question. But how do you answer that? Good, great, awesome, life changing, all of these and many more! How do you describe what we saw and what we did? Where do you even start?
Our original international trip (to celebrate our upcoming 10 year anniversary) was supposed to be a touristy excursion to Czechoslovakia. However, somewhere in those "plans" God began a work in our hearts for missions that we will never recover from (nor do we want to). We gave up our pleasure trip to the Czech republic and exchanged it for what came to be the adventure of a lifetime. Isn't this just an example of what God wants to do with each one of our lives? But we want to keep control, or we fear what may or may not happen and refuse to give it all over to God because we don't trust that what He has for us is better. So we hold on to our lack-luster lives and plans when what He wants to give us is a lifetime of adventure. We miss out on His blessings! I'm going to paraphrase an excerpt from a Beth Moore Bible study that I'm doing right now:
God has His divine plan; you can either be a part of the PROGRAM or a part of the PROBLEM, but His will is going to be carried out.

If you choose not to be a part of His program, you are missing out on an abundance of blessings. Byron and I would have NEVER been able to plan a vacation on our own that was as awesome, adventurous, life changing and spiritually building as the one that God laid out for us. So in answer to "How was your trip?" It was awesome in proportions beyond belief. Only our Heavenly Father could imagine, inspire and manifest such a blessing on our lives.

Sorry, I couldn't resist adding the wedding picture since the original intent was to do something "special" for our 10 year anniversary!