Pastor Kate Herring from Illinois visited from May 20 to 27. She walked between all five of our United Methodist Churches in the Strumica valley. For each kilometer she walked, Kate had pledges of support for a new In-Mission-Together partnership between our church in the village of Monospitovo and her home district of La Moine River. Kate visited Monospitovo in 2007 and taught English classes there.
 

Kate also spent a day helping with the Meals on Wheels program, packing food and washing dishes. She was a guest teacher at Saturday morning English classes and she preached on Sunday morning in Monospitovo. She participated in an inter-religious meeting and excursion to the Smolari waterfall.