chico

one day you think you're 16, the next you find out you're almost 21. chico went to nicaragua to find out who he is, what a surprise to find out you're 5 years older than you thought you were. you're too old to be adopted but he still wants to change his names to be the same as the family here.

he has had dreams of being a pastor and playing the keyboard and singing in church. he has separate bible study with the pastor here but he only has a couple years of schooling and would need a lot more to be a pastor.

the new keyboard cost 104,000 col (about $285), chico gave 65,000 for it and wanted to give more but dany told him no because other people had to give too.

dany told me that chico wants to be a police officer, then he could earn enough money to study to be a pastor.

the starting wage for a cop here is really good money. he would make $415 - A YEAR! if he could get more education he would get an increase to 200,000 colones a year - $554 a year. they work 15 days a month, working 24-7, and have 15 days off.