Nick was born in Riga, Latvia in 1936 and moved to the US in 1950 where he started High School. He graduated from CCNY in 1959 with a degree in Electrical Engineering (Power) and a RA Commission. He spent 11 years on active duty in the Army, to include 3 years in Vietnam. He received his Master of Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1973 while working for a coal mining company in Western Pennsylvania. Nick was hired by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1974, where he worked as an Engineer and Section Leader until retiring in 1993. He is also retired from the US Army as a Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers and is a licensed Professional Engineer in New Mexico. Currently he is active in several Veteran organizations and devotes most of his time to translating and publishing The Tidings. He feels strongly that the revelations in The Tidings can make humanity a much better place and can truly make Christ's words about Paradise on Earth come true.