ALL ABOUT NICK VUJICIC

They say when God takes away everything he gives much in another form.Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs - but he doesn't let the details stop him.He is a Serbian Australian evangelist and motivational speaker born with tetra amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of limbs.As a child he struggled mentally and emotionally as well as as physically,but eventually came in terms with his disability and at the age of seventeen started his own non profit organization.Life without limbs he presents the motivational speeches worldwide on life with a disability hope and finding meaning in life.He also speaks about his belief that God can use any willing heart to do his work and that God is big enough to overcome any and all disabilities.

The brave 26-year-old - who is mainly torso - plays football and golf, swims, and surfs, despite having no limbs.

Nick has a small foot on his left hip which helps him balance and enables him to kick.

He uses his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up between his toes.When I get in the water I float because 80 per cent of my body is lungs and my drumstick acts as a propeller.Due to his faith as an Evangelical Christian, Nick has chosen to remain a virgin until marriage although he has had long-term girlfriends in the past.He's very modest but he gets marriage proposals from women all the time, said Nick's friend and publicist Steve Appel, from Los Angeles.

He would love to get married and start a family but he's waiting for the right girl to come along.

When Nick was born his father was so shocked he left the hospital room to vomit. His distraught mother couldn't bring herself to hold him until he was four months old.

His disability came without any medical explanation - a rare occurrence called Phocomelia - and Nick and his parents spent many years asking why this cruel trick would happen to them.

My mother was a nurse and she did everything right during pregnancy but she still blamed herself,' he said.It was so hard for them but right from the start they did their best to make me independent.

My dad put me in the water at 18 months and gave the courage to learn how to swim. 

Initially, a Victoria state law prevented Nick from attending a mainstream school due to his physical disability in spite of a lack of mental impairment. However, Vujicic became one of the first physically disabled students integrated into a mainstream school once those laws changed. But soon enough his lack of limbs made him a target for the school bullies, and he fell into a severe depression. Following this depression, at the age of eight, he contemplated suicide and even tried to drown himself in his bathtub at the age of ten. But then after the love for his parents prevented him from following through.He also states in his music video "Something More" that God had a plan for his life and he could not bring himself to drown because of this. 

Nick prayed very hard that God would give him arms and legs, and initially told God that, if his prayer remains unanswered, he would stop praising him indefinitely. However, a key turning point in his faith came around when his mother showed him a newspaper article about a man dealing with a severe disability. Vujicic realized he wasn't unique in his struggles and began to embrace his lack of limbs.After this, Nick realized his accomplishments could inspire others and became grateful for his life.

Nick gradually figured out how to live a full life without limbs, adapting many of the daily skills limbed people accomplish without thinking. Nick writes with two toes on his left foot and a special grip that slid onto his big toe. He knows how to use a computer and can type up to 45 words per minute using the "heel and toe" method. He has also learned to throw tennis balls, play drum pedals, get a glass of water, comb his hair, brush his teeth, answer the phone and shave, in addition to participating in golf, swimming, and even sky-diving.

During secondary school, he was elected captain of MacGregor State in Queensland and worked with the student council on fundraising events for local charities and disability campaigns. When he was seventeen, he started to give talks at his prayer group, and later founded his non-profit organization, Life Without Limbs.

Vujicic wrote that he keeps a pair of shoes in his closet due to his belief in miracles.

In 2005 Vujicic was nominated for the Young Australian of the Year Award.

Vujicic currently lives in Los Angeles, California, United States.On 12 February 2012, he married his fiancée, Kanae Miyahara, and on 13 February 2013, their son Kiyoshi James Vujicic was born weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces.