Making a fool of ourselves....on the radio!

As you all know from older posts, the Ecuadorian Radio and I are becoming quite good friends. I have been through 2 great sessions so far since being here, adding a 3rd time this past week. Though, I can't say this one was as successful as the past ones. :/ Oops.

I have been working and coordinating with Oswaldo at SuperK Radio to start monthly charlas on the radio to reach a broader demographic about various important topics including health, agriculture and microfinance, as well as to spread the word about Manna. Being the amazing man and contact that he is, Oswaldo offered us 30 minutes every month to do a conversational segment about basically whatever we want. This past Thursday was our first go at it, and, well, humility sure keeps a girl grounded!

Haley and I arrived to the station cool and confident, though with a few butterflies in our stomachs. The set up was different than normal in that we would be conversing with Marcela, the morning DJ, rather than with Oswaldo. Well, Marcela was in a different room than us, though we could see her through a glass panel. We were instructed that we would be able to hear her through headphones we had put on and everything would go smoothly...or so we thought. As Marcela started the segment, she asked us to introduce ourselves and talk a little about Manna. Well, we couldn't hear anything from the headphones. As a result, she increased the volume in her room so that we could hear her through the panel. But what we actually heard was an echoed, muffled version of her offering up EXTREME difficulty in understanding the questions being thrown at us. So, after talking a little about Manna, we got into the topic of the day, Breast Cancer. Marcela asked us questions and we did our best to deduce what we thought she was asking and formulate some answers. At one point, she asked a question that neither Haley nor I caught a word of, so in a panicked state, I started to ramble on about how a woman's health is very important and we all have the power and opportunity to take control of our health and blah blah blah. Whether I answered her question even remotely, will never be known!

So all-in-all it was a successful segment in that we got across all the information we wanted to about Breast Cancer and though we may never know how ridiculous and spastic we sounded, we can just hope our listeners were thinking, "Man, these girls are hilarious and sound awesome, lets go check out this Centro de Manna in Rumiloma!"

Maybe? Well, a girl can dream right?! 

Haley and I behind the mics!

So, if you happen to get Ecuador Radio stations up there in the states, tune in to 1200AM on March 18th for our next charla!

Hope everyone is doing well and staying warm up there in the states! 

Krysta