Kellen spent his birthday in Guatemala this year. He traveled there with the pre-med club from UVU. He stayed with a surgeon and his family, Dr. Gabriel Xitumul, who we had the privilege of meeting while he was in the States with some medical students from Guatemala. We so appreciate the hospitality he and his family showed Kellen while he was there. They even lit fire crackers and made Kellen put his face into his birthday cake (hey, its tradition!)
Kellen had so many opportunities while he was there. You'll have to ask him about all of them. A couple of the highlights are that he got to scrub in and watch (and occasionally help) in surgery. He loved it!
He got to do some service while he was there. And he got his butt kicked in soccer.
He came back just in time to watch the 4th of July fireworks with me. Can you tell how elated I am that he is home? Every e-mail and phone call were like Christmas morning. When you see Kellen, be sure to ask him about Guatemala, he will fill you in on all the details. Maybe if we are lucky, he'll write a guest post on how it was.
