This is the Primary school at San Antonio school, which is about 20 miles from San Ignacio as you head to Pine mountain ridge. It is way out in the jungle. The children are very happy, friendly, and love to have visitors. They are taught English as a first language. We had 8 schools included in the second humanitarian project. Each school was painted, inside and out, and each class room was fitted with white boards.
Sister Jasmer, Sister Bingham and Sister Rinderknecht at the San Antonio school
The Mopan clinic was the third project. The head nurse took temperatures at different times of the day in the examination rooms, and they ranged from 84 degrees to 106 degrees. We were able to purchase and install 4 air conditioners in the examination rooms. One of them was in the maternity room. I believe the expecting mothers will thank the church for having a cool place to visit the doctor
This is one of the air conditioners that was installed. Elder Rinderknecht and one of the doctors are pictured here.
The Benque zone at breakfast. Front row, left to right. Elder Gil, Elder Coates, Elder Jolon, Elder Withers. Back row, left to right...Elder Rinderknecht, Sister Rinderknecht, Elder Haynie, Elder Goodman, Elder Jones, Elder Perez, Elder Guillen, and Elder Villatoro. They serve in Benque and Succotz in Belize, and Melchor Guatemala.
This is the young single adults activity. We went to the river at Clarissa Falls, and the young people had so much fun swimming. (So did the old people). The water was perfect, and we did not even see one croc. We had 60 young single adults come. A very good turn out !!
Three of our young single adults....from left, Traci Chi, Angela Chi, and Karin Lopez. Traci and Karin are return missionaries, and Angela is preparing to go. They are awesome!
Before lunch, we all stood in a circle for a short testimony meeting, and had a blessing on the food. The young people are amazing.
Jose (Wiching) Lemus is grilling the chicken and beef. Chicken, beef, tortillas, beans, and cookies and juice were served. He is always so willing to help. He not only helps, he does it all. He is very organized, and loves to help people. He has become one of our dearest friends here in Belize.
The Cayo zone at breakfast. Front row left to right....sister Cox, Sister Done, Sister Urbina, Sister Fererras, Sister Ray, Sister Rodriguez. Back row. Elder Rinderknecht, Sister Rinderknecht, Elder Vierkant, Elder Draper, Elder Grigg, Elder Bonilla, Elder Ellis, and Elder Alvarado. They love to come for breakfast and eat Sister Rinderknecht's French toast. She has become famous here in Belize.
This is a birthday party for Little Jake who lives in Succotz. They are part of the Lopez family. Birthdays are a big deal here, and the whole extended family comes. The kids had a blast with this piñata, and there was enough candy for every one to get their fill.
These are all cousins. They all seem to want a piece of the cake. Beautiful children.
These are the daughters in the Coc family. From left to right...Lishawn, Haydee, and Keila. They speak Spanish and English. Sister Rinderknecht gave them this song book, and they practice singing the songs in both languages. When we go to visit, they can hardly wait to sing for her, and show her how well they can sing. This is one of the families we have really grown to love.
This is Brother Griffith. He turned 93 a few months ago. He loves to sing, and never misses church. He was baptized in 1991. He has quite a conversion story. He told us about the hurricane in 1931 that killed thousands of people, but God protected him then, and has protected him ever since.
Some how this picture got shuffled to the last, but it is part of the humanitarian project at the San Antonio school. These pretty little girls dressed in their native costumes and did a Belizian dance for us. It was darling, and very touching. They have so very little, but are always smiling and happy. They are so appreciative of what they have............We are winding down our time here in the mission. It is a bitter sweet emotion. We are excited to go home and see our family, but we have made so many friends here, and have grown so close to so many people, it will be hard to leave them. We have tried our best to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them, and have taken every opportunity to bear testimony. These are wonderful people, and we feel blessed for having known them..........We may post a few more pictures before we leave, but we want to tell you that it has been a great experience. Love Elder and Sister Rinderknecht (mom and dad)
There was a navy ship that came into Belize with medical supplies. As there is no port, medical supplies were brought in with a helicopter. Sister Rinderknecht and I drove to Belize City to pick it up. We were able to get one pallet (11 boxes) for a clinic in Benque. There were surgical gloves, bandages, drip kits, stethoscopes, trauma kits, neonatal supplies, needles, syringes, and many other supplies. These supplies were donated by the Church. Elder Tague and Elder Rinderknecht are pictured here with the Peace Corps.
Elder Haynie and Elder Coates helped unload it at the clinic. Nurse Manzanerro was there to help us. These were much needed supplies, and they were very appreciative. 
This is the Quiroz family at their home for family home evening, Left to right, Belamino, Alanis, Catherine, Myrun, and the little one is Jahim. We all went to Guatemala City to the temple in April, and they were sealed as a family. It was a great trip. 
After the nice lesson we played a fun game. In the picture, Elder Draper and Elder Bonilla are balancing the match sticks on the pop bottle. They are the zone leaders in the Cayo Zone. (Great missionaries.) We all had a fun time, but Sister Rinderknecht won ! Then we ate cookies and Orchada juice. It is a delicious juice made with rice. 
This is training for the CES program. The trainers came from Guatemala. Here are some of the seminary and institute teachers.
A baptism in the Cayo zone. Elder Draper and Elder Bonilla. Abner Tech baptized this 15 year old, as he is his brother in law. We are hoping to baptize the rest of the family.
Danna Medina with her daughter Emily. Danna is the wife of President Medina, the President of the San Ignacio branch. Emily is a beautiful little girl, and has lots of hair. It seems every one here has lots of hair!
We went across the border into Guatemala to see Tikal. It is quite close to us. We went with our good friends, Efrain and Nazi Medina. Tikal is huge, and it would take several days to see it all. It was quite warm that day. 107 degrees.
There are many structures at Tikal. Some of them had a set of stairs on the back side to climb up and get to the top.
This is a coatimundi. They look a little bit like a raccoon. We saw several of them at Tikal.
We saw one wild turkey, that we got quite close to. The colors are beautiful, and the picture does not do it justice.
We had the opportunity to participate in several humanitarian projects. Elder and Sister Bingham were in the MTC with us. They went to Guatemala as humanitarian missionaries. He called in September last year and asked us if we could help him get some humanitarian projects started. The first project we proposed was at the La Loma Luz hospital. It is a Seventh Day Adventist hospital. We were able to help them get 4 new examination rooms, retile the entire floor, fix the ceilings, rebuild their admission area, and several things. They were surprised that the LDS church would help another denomination. They used the money very wisely, and it made a nice improvement in their hospital. This is where we take the missionaries when the need arises, and they take good care of them.
At the close of each project, there is a closing ceremony. This is to make sure the project is completed. From left to right....President Lopez, Elder Rinderknecht, Elder Bingham, the financial manager, and Adan Sosa, the manager of the hospital. I should mention that President Lopez is the District President, and is one of the most capable men we have ever met. He keeps track of so many things, and our district is fortunate to have him.
The hospital had a nice ceremony, with a musical number, refreshments, speakers, and ended up presenting us with a nice plaque. It was gratifying to see our church participate in such a good project, and we were grateful we could be a part of it. When these people see our Sisters and Elders riding their bikes around, they will look at them a little differently, knowing they are missionaries for the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints............................Please continue reading down to finish this blog. 