Make a Difference - 8 true stories of Nick Vujicic on how you can make a difference / Stories edited by Ignatius Ho & Ding / Illustrated by Dreamergo / Hardcover / PMA Music Foundation & Gezi Workstation 2015

HARDCOVER 2015

ISBN-10: 9881278872

ISBN:  9789881278876  /  978-9881278876

PAGES: 94

PUBLISHER: PMA Music Foundation & Gezi Workstation

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

English Summary:

How did Nick grow from “being weak” to “being strong”?

Through eight chapters, Make a Difference describes the philosophy of life Nick has learnt and the bullying he has encountered while growing up. The stories are also about how Nick adjusted his emotion and attitude, how he didn’t let external obstacles and limitations affect his faith and determination, and how he transformed himself little by little. Not only did he change himself, Nick travels around the world to encourage numerous people who have also been hurt and discriminated against through giving talks and sharing his own experiences.Like Nick, all of us should believe in ourselves and make a difference in life!

About the Author:

Nicholas James Vujicic (/ˈvuɪtʃɪtʃ/ VOO-itch-itch; born 4 December 1982)is an Australian Christian evangelist and motivational speaker born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder (called phocomelia) characterized by the absence of arms and legs.

Vujicic was born in Melbourne, in 1982 to Dušanka and Borislav Vujičić, Serbian immigrants from Yugoslavia.

He was born with tetra-amelia 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, but she and her husband eventually accepted the condition and understood it as "God's plan for their son."

Vujicic has two small and deformed feet, one of which he calls his "chicken drumstick" because of its shape.

Originally, the toes of his "chicken drumstick" foot were fused. An operation was performed to separate the toes so that he could use them as fingers to grab, turn a page, or do other things.He has been able to use his foot to operate an electric wheelchair, a computer and a mobile phone. Vujicic attempted suicide but notes that he had an "amazingly normal childhood."

Vujicic thrived in his teenage and young adult years despite being bullied. After his mother showed him a newspaper article about a man dealing 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.

About the Illustrator:

Dreamergo, born and raised in Hong Kong, has been an illustrator for over 30 years. With a small but visionary pair of eyes, he has been observing the world and drawing since he was three years old. His vivid drawings express love with passion and vision. He has worked as a book designer for many famous writers, including Kuang Ni, Benny Li, Erica Lee, Ah Nong, and Tin Hong. In recent years, he has been invited to work with a number of corporate partners such as Giordano, Giormani, Fortune Pharmacal and others to create soul-inspired products with a mission to touch people's hearts and heal the human soul. In 2010, he created drawings for the Hong Kong Post on the theme of "Hong Kong Streets’, and also started the global licensing of his illustration projects that year. In 2012, the PMA Music Foundation invited him to do improvised drawings during a performance of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong. In 20153, he started his daily column "Dream Journey" in the Sky Post and illustrated for the "Give Me a Hug" series. Recently, he was invited to draw for the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games. His work was showed case in the "Dare to Dream" exhibit.

Dreamergo is often invited to speak to teenagers in schools, to share his experience as an illustrator, and to teach them illustration skills. In each of his
sharing sessions, he seizes every opportunity to encourage teenagers to pursue their own dreams.