The Initial Details

I came up with a rhyming name for my blog, so I wanted to grab the url before anyone else could, because really, what's the point of chronicling adventures online without a good blog title?

Here's the scoop: I will be volunteering with the Education Team for Primeros Pasos clinic in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala from February to August of this year. This arrangement was all facilitated by Doctors for Global Health, an Atlanta-based organization that is also the American branch of the People's Health Movement. I intend to keep in touch through a combination of skype (KatyPhelpsMiller), emails (KatyPhelpsMiller@gmail.com), facebook, and blogging.

Coming back to my blog title, La Chela is Nicaraguan slang for anyone light-complected, and Xela (pronounced Shay-la) is the local, Maya-derived name for Quetzaltenango. I'm quite pleased with the rhyming title :)

Also, the links below will take you to the websites of most everything I've mentioned in this post. Enjoy!

http://www.primerospasos.org/main.html

http://www.dghonline.org/

http://www.phmovement.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzaltenango