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3 I Bring MY FREEDOM into Play

“…you were called to freedom…”

Ga 5:13

Bringing My Freedominto Play

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Photograph of Bethany Hamilton and Nicky Vucijic

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Bringing My Freedom into Play

“You were called to freedom…”

Ga 5:13

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Take a look at these photographs!

Paraplegic tennis player Surfer with one arm

Singer-guitarist without armsPublic speaker with no

arms or legs

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31 What do these people seem to have in common?

Physically:______________________________________

In what they do:______________________________________

Describe the feeling that these images provoke:

_____________________________________________________

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2 Now, make 4 groups. Each group will receive a handoutcontaining a brief biography of one of the people shown in thephotographs. Each group will need to research the biography thatthey receive and resent it to the rest of the class.

After the presentations, you can watch the videos suggestedbelow:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH0bCTF--gE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM_eHJcdjig

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She was born in Holland in 1981. When she was six years old she felt sick after going swimming. After a lot of medical tests, she underwent an operation, and at eight years old and was left paralyzed from the waist down.

In physical therapy she learned how to play volleyball, basketball and tennis in a wheelchair. “I stopped thinking about everything that I couldn’t do anymore and I focused on what I could do. I believe this is what saved me life”.

She didn’t plan on devoting her life to sports. She had enough to do rebuilding her life. She started playing basketball because there was a team that practiced next-door to her house. She also played tennis for fun.“Accepting my wheelchair and making a place for it in all of this, in my new life”.

She decided to choose tennis, rather than basketball, as her sport. “I wrote down the prosand cons of both and my conclusion was that tennisrepresented a greater challenge for me”. A challengein which she has truly triumphed.

At 31 years old, she abandoned the tennis court, leaving behind infinite titles, having become a world tennis champion.

“My career was crazy. I am very proud of my results and my titles, and I can look back and feel great about it. But continuing wouldn’t have brought me anything, it wasn’t going to add anything more. The circle was closed.”

She doesn’t compete anymore, but she is still

connected to tennis.

She has a lot of projects: her own Foundation, which helps

Disabled children practice sports, and

conferences where she talks about her experience.

She refuses to give up fishing, skiing,

or sailing with her boyfriend, and continues to enjoy her life.

Esther Vergeer.Plays tennis in a wheelchair.

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3 Tony MeléndezSinger-Guitarist

He was born in Nicaragua on January 9, 1962. Hismother took a medication (Thalidomide) duringpregnancy that caused birth defects, and he wasborn without arms. His family moved to Los Angelesdue to the precarious health conditions in their nativecountry, and had prosthetic arms made for him. ”Ididn’t feel comfortable. I could do so much more withmy feet“.

His abilities using his feet allowed him to cope in morethan just the usual areas. He started to play thekeyboard, and his father gave him his first guitarlessons. Tony never let his disability be a disadvantage.He practiced six hours a day until he could play well.“When children would see my they would yell, ’He doesn’thave arms!’ and it hurt my heart. It hurt very much”.

He is currently married and has two adopted children. They live inMissouri. “I always dreamed about getting married, but when I wasyounger girls would get scared off: ‘Oh, a boy without arms!’ My wife iseverything. She is my strength”.

“Music opened the door to my dreams and I will continue to sing, sharing my life, and writing music for everyone."

He has received numerous awards,including special recognition from PresidentReagan, the State of California, variousclubs in America, the City of Los Angeles,and many other civic and charitableassociations.

On September 15, 1987 he sang “Never be the same”for Pope John Paul II in front of 6,000 young people.The Pope went up to the platform where he was, kissedhim and congratulated him: “Tony, you are truly abrave young man. You are giving hope to us all. Mydesire for you, is that you continue giving hope toeveryone”. He also wrote a book called, A Gift ofHope.

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Bringing My Freedom into Play3Bethany Hamilton

Surfer

She was born on February 8, 1990 in Kauai, Hawaii.Her parents were surfers and taught her to surf at the ageof 4. She participated in her first competition when she was8 years old. Her professional surfing career began when sheon the 23rd annual Haleiwa Menehune championship in Februaryof 2000, taking 1st place in the categories of women 11 andunder and women 15 and and under, and 2nd place in the men12 and under category. “I could see that it was going to be myprofessional career, and it seemed promising”.

On the morning of October 31, 2003, Hamilton wentout surfing and a tiger shark tore off her left arm.She was 200 yards from the shore. She lost a lot ofblood. “I didn’t have much time to think. I just knewthat I had to make it to the shore in order tosurvive”.“At 13 years old I had dreams and goals. But I didn’tknow if I would be able to surf again”.

Only 10 weeks after the accident, she began surfing again. She adapted a handmade board that was a little bit thicker, making it easier for her to swim. After learning how to swim with one arm, she began to full-out surf.“I wanted to keep surfing. I was waiting on the doctors’ orders to let me get back in the water. When I got in, it was an incredible experience”.

Two years after losing her arm, she won 1st place in the NSSA world championship. Now she is married, and continues to compete and enjoy surfing.

“When the shark attacked me I became famous. It wasn’t something that I wanted.But that’s what happened.Suring and TV have given me the opportunity to remindmany people that we need tobe aware of the opportunitiesthat we have so that we can

share the love of God and be a light in the world”.

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Bringing My Freedom into Play3Nicky Vucijic

Public Speaker-Communicator Actor in the short film, “The Butterfly Circus”

He was born in Australia on December 4, 1982, without arms or legs. He only has a small formation on his inferior left side.

Initially his parents were devastated about his disability, but were thankful that at least he was healthy. During elementary school, Nicky and his family moved to Melbourne in search of better opportunities. But the State of Victoria wouldn’t allow him to attend a normal school due to his physical disability.

Nicky married Kanae Miyahara in February of 2012. Their first child was born the following year, totally healthy. In 2013 he participated in a Christian film called "Hope for Hurting Hearts“. He continues to give witness at conferences.

Later on, Australian state laws changed, and Nicky became one of the first disabled students to attend a regular school. Nicky experienced episodes of depression during his childhood. “When I started going to school, a lot of kids would make fun of me and underestimate me. It was very hard to find friends”.

When he was about 8 years old he thought about committing suicide. “I was depressed. I had thoughts of suicide because of everything that I didn’t have and couldn’t do in my life. The love of my parents kept me from doing it. I loved them a lot and they hadn’t done anything but love me”.After praying numerous times to be able to grow arms and legs, he began to feel grateful for his life, and realized that he had exceptional abilities to be able to face certain types of challenges. He discovered that his life could be an inspiration to others. Nicky graduated when he was 21 years old, majoring in Accounting and Financial Planning. He began to travel as a motivational speaker, focusing on topics that concern young people. He participated in the short film “The Butterfly Circus”.

“Without arms, but with a lotof love for my son”.

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Bringing My Freedom into Play3

1. What did you think of each story?

2. What caught your attention the most?

3. Do you believe that they felt sad sometimes? Why?

4. Would they have liked to be formed differently, or to

not have had their accidents?

5. What was their attitude in front of the difficulties that

they were presented with in life?

6. What made them move forward? Did they choose for

themselves?

7. What other choices could they have made?

8. Do you believe that other people in similar circumstances

would have acted in the same way?

9. Do you think that we are sometimes capable of doing

more than we actually do? If so, why don’t we do more?

10. Do you think their limitations deprived them of their

freedom?

3 Each group should prepare some questions to discuss with the class. Then, answer the following questions:

Reflect:

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3 4 After enjoying these testimonials, we invite you to answer these questions about freedom:

Do you think that freedom is simply received and enjoyed, or do you think that somehow we are bringing something into play with our freedom?

What does this mean: “When we live, we are bringing our freedom into play”?

5 We invite you to make this question your own: How do you bring your freedom into play every day? Give concrete examples from your daily life.

I bring my freedom into play when…







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Do you think that Esther, Tony, Bethany and Nicky would have been truly free if they had made a different choice?

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Does being truly free lead us to choose what is best for ourselves?______________________________________________________

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Bringing My Freedom into Play36 To conclude, we invite you to reflect on the following questions:

Bringing my freedom into play is responding to a call from my reason and my will, always attentive to my heart.

It is listening to that voice inscribed in my heart that calls out:

Get up! Stop!

Keep going! Fight!

Be grateful! Resist!

Enjoy! Put up with it!

Receive! Give!

LOVE!

To be free is to be capable of receiving my life as a GIFT, as a PRESENT.

To be free I need to accept my body, my whole PERSON, and to accept it as a gift that allows me to creatively communicate with others, according to the language of love.

I am free and I bring my freedom into play!

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