Hey Mr. DJ, Turn the music up!!

So we have this weekly radio show here in Kedougou, and today the girl who was supposed to do it peaced out and left the slot open. Another volunteer Alexa and I were in town and decided last minute that we would do the show as to keep good relations with Radio Communitaire here in Kedougou. without alot of time to prepare we decided we would have some friendly bantor but mainly play music. mind you the entire show is done in Pulaar. we were going to talk about how it's the month of fasting and whether or not we were fasting in our villages. Then we did alittle talk about how the rains are slowing down. While in a music set the techinican tells us he's not happy with our show because we aren't talking about important. So we add in a quick bit about what kind of work Alexa is doing in her village. She's at her one year mark so her pulaar is way better than mine. All of a sudden he just cuts off the music and says talk! we throw on our headphones and begin talking. I was so freaked out and messed up some of the words a bit. Then we're into another music set and he cuts off the music and again says talk! not knowing what to do we throw our headphones back on and Alexa decides to ask me what i'm doing in my village. My heart sake, i was so nervous, i choked up but i was able to get out some things i've done and some things i'm hoping to do. then she asked me about something, but i had no clue what she said, so we just started joking about how i can't speak pulaar. It was so nerve-racking, but fun and the techinican, although not my favorite person right now had some good ideas for radio shows he wants us to do. Turns out he is also the director of the station and all the DJ's. We talked over some things and Alexa and I promised him that our next show in two weeks would be much better. Also could to find out he spoke some english and we had been talking about him unaware of his abilities. We're so used to the techs not speaking english and usually just talk about whatever. So now the shows over, i'm getting a special shout-outs on all of his shows he said. I can't wait for the family in the village to hear me getting shout-outs from the DJ on the radio. I'm alittle disappointed the family didnt' know i was doing the show today, i greeted them in hopes that someone was listening. After all this excitment i need a beer! hope all is well with everyone. write me letters!!

james