A Wum Welcome

A Wum Welcome

        

The next day I awoke to a knock at the door.  It was Honorable Kuchta and a delegation from the water committee coming to greet me. Still suffering from a jet lag + and no coffee I was swept off to attend a meeting of the water council.   Although I protested and told them I was exhausted they insisted that I come immediately.  But when we arrived at the town I understood why. A large group of people beside the road was waiting to greet me. Then Honorable Kuchta and I got out and a parade commenced to the town.  As we continued  the crowd grew as people gathered behind us

As many of you may guess, I am not big on things like this and was somewhat embarrassed.  But I thought that if this is what they wanted to do it was ok with me.  When we arrived in town we proceeded to the Town Hall to greet the additional members of the water committee who represent the twelve villages.  Then after a somewhat long and rambling speech from Honorable Kuchta, which is his custom at these things, I had an opportunity to address the group and give them an update on the project and what results they could expect in the near future.

The people of Wum have been disappointed on many occasions in regard to the water project, which had originally been initiated in 1989 so I reinforced to them that even though the piping would come to town they could not expect water immediately.   All in all it was quite an event AND I was glad it was not too long.  I departed and went back to the house and slept till the next day.