VietNamNet Bridge - In five days in Vietnam, Nick Vujicic - an Australian who was born without arms and legs - will have seven meetings with over 50,000 and three talk shows on the biggest TV channels.

 

 

According to the organizer, Nick Vujicic's schedule from May 22 to 26 is packed from 7 am until midnight. He will even have only one hour for lunch.

Nick Vujicic will arrive at the Tan Son Nhat Airport, HCM City, in the afternoon of May 22 and will talk to 1,000 people on the evening at the White Palace Convention Center.

He will spend most of the time in HCM City and will have only one day in Hanoi. Kids, students and entrepreneurs will be the main subjects of the talks.

"We understand the great significance that Nick will bring to children and entrepreneurs, particularly in the current context in Vietnam - economic crisis, many social problems due to the effects of war and historical background. We hope that he will inspire and cheer the Vietnamese youth, students, and entrepreneurs," said the organizer at a press conference on April 11.

Mr. Nguyen Van Phuoc, Director of the First News Company, the organizer of Nick Vujicic’s trip to Vietnam, said: "We invited Nick to Vietnam not to idolize or to praise him, but to receive spiritual sharing from him. We have lost so much outside energy, lost the faith of life, we do not have a physical disability, but I think there are a lot of people with disabilities in mind - though they do not admit it."

Senior journalist Ta Bich Loan, the host of some famous talk shows on VTV - the national television station – said that this is an opportunity for Vietnam to find people who are full of internal strength to share with Nick.

Last December, a Vietnamese translation of the autobiography “Life without Limits” by Nick Vujicic was published in Vietnam, by First News.

Vujicic wrote Life without Limits in 2010 when he was 27 years old. In it, he describes how he overcame his disabilities.

Since he was born, Vujicic has suffered from Tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive congenital disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs.

Vujicic tells the story of his physical disabilities and the emotional battle he endured trying to deal with them as a child and a young adult.

"For the longest, loneliest time, I wondered if there was anyone on earth like me, and whether there was any purpose to my life other than pain and humiliation," he writes.

But once he found his own sense of purpose – inspiring others to make their lives and the world better – he found the confidence to live a rewarding and productive life without limits.

Today, Vujicic can play golf, swim and surf and is now an internationally successful speaker. He has also given more than 1,600 speeches to millions of people in 24 countries and territories.

He calls on young people to find purpose in life and never give up despite difficulties.

Van Sam