Today was our first day at the local radio station, Radio Alternativa 92.7.
We had an early start to the day, we met at 6:30am to do devotions before splitting into four groups to do our specialized work. The radio station is just a few blocks from the hotel, so we were able to walk.
Radio Alternativa
It was pretty hectic this morning, We have another group at the radio station putting in a new sidewalk and sound panels so it took a while to get us tech guys started.
We did decide today to build Alternativa a website. It was challenging to say the least! There is a young man who is obviously very tech savvy but doesn't speak any English at all. We also did not have a translator for the first hour, so we took turns typing in Google Translate to communicate.
Teaching Paraguayans how to build websites. #languagebarrier
After about an hour we did get a translator, but her English was pretty dicey. We had issues with words like 'Embed Code' and 'widget' but I think they're excited to start working on their own site.
In total we spent about 2.5 hours in that room (too bad smells don't translate over pictures) a few others joined us to continue the training after that photo was taken.
Our goal is to launch their new site 927alternativa.com by Thursday! I want them to be able to design the site and figure out how it'll function so they'll be happy with it. The older gentleman asked some great questions about best practices too!
Radio Alternativa host during broadcast
I need to give my partner Joe some serious credit! He is turning out to be a great photographer! He's been manning a camera since we've been here... this is one of the photos he took for Radio Alternativa's new website. It's such a blessing to have him on this trip!
Here's an interesting tidbit:
We were told today that area churches and the surrounding community (advertised on the radio) have been invited to come to a two-hour class about using a sound board. That we're supposed to teach. And it's tonight!
We thought we were going to be doing only specialized training with the churches and radio station... we didn't know we were supposed to plan for teaching a formal class! That was definitely jumbled up in translation.
We took the afternoon to prepare for this class... Joe and I will be splitting some of the material, but pray for us. Hopefully it's not a train wreck.