Nick Vujicic

Nicholas James "Nick" Vujicic ( born December 4, 1982 in Melbourne, State of Victoria) works internationally as an evangelist and motivational speaker with presentations on disability, hope, and Christian faith. As a result of a rare malformation, the Tetra - Amelie 's syndrome, he was born without arms and legs.

Life

His grandparents emigrated each after the Second World War from Serbia to Australia. In Melbourne, his parents, Dushka and Boris know, learned. His mother worked as a nurse Dushka. His father worked as a clerk in the accounting department, and later as an IT teacher at a college in Brisbane. Volunteering, he worked as a lay preacher in a Christian community.

Nicholas Vujicic is the firstborn son of the family, he has two younger siblings named Michelle and Aaron. Nicholas was born without arms and legs to the world. Only a small foot with two toes is at the base of the left thigh present. After the birth of both parents were initially in shock. He later said: "My mother was a nurse, did everything right during pregnancy, yet they are still getting the blame. "

The parents promoted the healthy except for the physical malformations son to allow him a largely independent life. He attended the Australian legislation following a school for the disabled. After a change in the law, his parents sent him to an inclusive mainstream school ( mainstream school ). He was teased, suffered from depression and tried to take his own life at the age of ten years. He also suffered from existential fears about the future: "I was afraid of what comes when my parents could no longer support me. "

After primary school in Brisbane, he attended the local high school and acquired in connection degrees in accounting and financial planning.

Vujicic reported in interviews and in speeches that he had in his life saw no sense and no hope for due to his disability, long time. This had only changed when he understood his disability not as a punishment but as a challenge and a mission of God. He had finally found the meaning of life is to tell people about the love of God and to encourage them to fulfill their dreams.

Today Vujicic lives in California and works internationally as a speaker primarily in schools, churches and Christian conferences. He addressed it to life with disability, courage and hope, and Christian faith: " Maybe that's my job to give other people hope. "

He is a board member of the Christian organization Life Without Limbs, which he organizes events and distributes recordings of his speeches.

Vujicics offensive dealing with his disability regularly calls forth the interest of the international media. Tells how he dealt with everyday life as different sports ( swimming, surfing and golf) exerts despite his disability, undertakes journeys and how it is perceived internationally as a Christian motivational speaker embossed.

On February 12, 2012, he married his fiancée Kanae Miyahara. On February 13, 2013 their son Kiyoshi James Vujicic was born.