Nick Vujicic Australian evangelist
Nicholas James Vujicic born 4 December 1982) is an Australian American Christian evangelist and motivational speaker born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of arms and legs
Initial life
Vujicic was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1982 to Dušanka and Borislav Vujičić, Serbian immigrants from Yugoslavia. He was born without fully formed limbs. According to his autobiography, his mother refused to see him or hold him when the nurse held him in front of her, and she and her husband went out of the hospital and vomited from seeing their son with no limbs, but they eventually accepted the condition and understood it as "God's plan for their son."Originally, the toes of one of his feet were fused. An operation was performed to separate the toes so that he could use them as fingers to grab. He refers to it as his chicken drumstick.
After his mother showed him a newspaper article about a woman praying with a severe disability when he was seventeen, he started to give talks at his prayer group.Vujicic graduated from Griffith University at the age of 21 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with a double major in accountancy and financial planning. In 2005, Vujicic founded Life Without Limbs, an international non-profit organisation and ministry. In 2007, he founded Attitude is Altitude, a secular motivational speaking company. Vujicic starred in the short film The Butterfly Circus.At the 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival, he was awarded Best Actor in a Short Film for his starring performance as We ll.
After his mother showed him a newspaper article about a woman praying with a severe disability when he was seventeen, he started to give talks at his prayer group.Vujicic graduated from Griffith University at the age of 21 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with a double major in accountancy and financial planning. In 2005, Vujicic founded Life Without Limbs, an international non-profit organisation and ministry. In 2007, he founded Attitude is Altitude, a secular motivational speaking company. Vujicic starred in the short film The Butterfly Circus.At the 2010 Method Fest Independent Film Festival, he was awarded Best Actor in a Short Film for his starring performance as We ll.
Beliefs
On his webpages, in a self-formulated "Statement of Faith", Vujicic states his adherence to born-again Christianity.
Personal life
Vujicic speaking to students in Florida in 2015 In 9 March 2002, he moved to California. In 2008 in McKinney, Texas, near Dallas, he met Kanae Miyahara. They married on February 12, 2012.The couple has two sons and two daughters,and reside in Southern California.
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