2. DEFEATINGDEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENTDISCOURAGEMENT

3. We don’t face
opposition
because we’re doing
something wrong,
we face it
because we’re doing
something right.

4. YOURENEMYYOURENEMY
WILL ATTEMPTWILL ATTEMPT
TO:TO:

5. DISCOURAGE YOU
FROMTHE OUTSIDE

6. NEHEMIAH4:1-5NEHEMIAH4:1-5
When Sanballat heard that
we were rebuilding the wall,
he became angry and was
greatly incensed.
He ridiculed the Jews,

7. NEHEMIAH4:1-5NEHEMIAH4:1-5
and in the presence of his
associates and the army of
Samaria, he said, "What are
those feeble Jews doing? Will
they restore their wall? Will
they offer sacrifices?

8. NEHEMIAH4:1-5NEHEMIAH4:1-5
Will they finish in a day? Can
they bring the stones backto
life fromthose heaps of
rubble — burned as they are?"

9. NEHEMIAH4:1-5NEHEMIAH4:1-5
Tobiah the Ammonite, who
was at his side, said, "What
they are building — if even a
fox climbed up on it, he
would break down their wall
of stones!"

10. NEHEMIAH4:1-5NEHEMIAH4:1-5
Hear us, O our God, for we
are despised. Turn their
insults back on their own
heads. Give them over as
plunder in a land of captivity.

11. NEHEMIAH4:1-5NEHEMIAH4:1-5
Do not cover up their guilt or
blot out their sins from your
sight, for they have thrown
insults in the face of the
builders.

12. NEHEMIAH4:15-20NEHEMIAH4:15-20
When our enemies heard that
we were aware of their plot and
that God had frustrated it, we all
returned to the wall, each to his
own work. From that day on,
half of my men did the work,

13. NEHEMIAH4:15-20NEHEMIAH4:15-20
while the other half were
equipped with spears, shields,
bows and armor. The officers
posted themselves behind all
the people of Judah who were
building the wall. Those who
carried

14. NEHEMIAH4:15-20NEHEMIAH4:15-20
materials did their work with
one hand and held a weapon in
the other, and each of the
builders wore his sword at his
side as he worked. But the man
who sounded the trumpet
stayed with me.

15. NEHEMIAH4:15-20NEHEMIAH4:15-20
Then I said to the nobles, the
officials and the rest of the
people, "The work is extensive
and spread out, and we are
widely separated from each
other along the wall.

16. NEHEMIAH4:15-20NEHEMIAH4:15-20
Wherever you hear the sound
of the trumpet, join us there.
Our God will fight for us!"

17. OBSTACLES

18. CRITICISMS

19. DISCOURAGE YOU
FROMTHE INSIDE

20. NEHEMIAH4:10NEHEMIAH4:10
Meanwhile, the people in
Judah said, "The strength of
the laborers is giving out,
and there is so much rubble
that we cannot rebuild the
wall."

21. NEHEMIAH4:14NEHEMIAH4:14
After I looked things over,
I stood up and said to the
nobles, the officials and the
rest of the people, "Don't
be afraid of them.

22. NEHEMIAH4:14NEHEMIAH4:14
Remember the Lord, who is
great and awesome, and fight
for your brothers, your sons
and your daughters, your
wives and your homes."

23. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT
REMEMBEREMEMBE
RTHERTHE
LORD.LORD.

24. NEHEMIAH4:14NEHEMIAH4:14
… ”Don’t be afraid of
them. Rememberthe Lord,
who is great and awesome.

25. DEFEATING
DISCOURAGEMENT
FIGHT FORFIGHT FOR
YOURYOUR
CAUSE.CAUSE.

26. NEHEMIAH4:14NEHEMIAH4:14
… and fight foryour
brothers, yoursons and
your daughters, your
wives and yourhomes."

27. HELEN KELLER:HELEN KELLER:
The Woman With No
Boundaries

28. Helen Keller was born
on June 27, 1880, in
Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Her father, Arthur Keller,
was an editor and also
had fought in the
Confederate Army. Her
mother, Kate Keller,
stayed home with
Helen.

29. When Helen was 19
months old, she was
very sick and developed
a severe fever. She
survived her illness and
her fever which left her
deaf and blind. When
Helen was seven years
old, her parents got a
suggestion from
Alexander Graham Bell
and contacted a school
for blind to find a teacher
for Helen.

30. Anne Sullivan was hired
to help Helen. Anne
helped by teaching
Helen letters, how to
behave, and how to talk.
Anne showed Helen
what letters were and
what things were.

31. One example, Anne
taught Helen the word
water by using a water
pump. Anne wanted
Helen to fill up a pitcher.
When Helen felt the
water running on her
hands Anne taught her
the letters W-A-T-E-R.

32. Anne also taught her
how to have good
behavior. For example,
Helen was eating
everyone’s food off their
plates with her hands.
Anne pushed her to sit
down and use her fork.
Anne kept Helen’s arms
to herself.

33. Anne taught Helen how
to talk by placing Helen's
hands on the lips and
throat so Helen could
feel the sounds.

34. Helen’s
accomplishments were
going to college, reading
and writing in Braille,
and writing her own
book. Helen went to
Radcliffe College.
Radcliffe didn’t want her
to attend. Helen didn’t
care about their
thoughts so she
attended there anyway

35. She graduated in 1904
and learned five different
languages. She was the
first deaf-blind person to
receive BA degree.

36. Helen had two
typewriters. One was
regular and another one
was Braille. She used a
typewriter to write
books, letters, and
articles. Anne changed
the college books to
Braille and Helen read
the book. Helen wrote
her first book called,
“The Story of My Life,"
which she while in
college.

37. Helen was important to
other people with
disabilities because she
inspired people. She
showed that Deaf and
blind people deserved
respect. She helped
support various Deaf-
Blind programs. Helen
inspired people with
disabilities because she
was persistent.

38. One way she showed
persistence was when
she applied to college.
Another way was when
she learned letters,
words, and sentences.
Anne kept showing her
more letters, words, and
sentences and Helen
kept wanting to learn
more and more.

39. Helen showed that it
doesn’t matter if person
has a disability. She
showed that if a person
works hard and has
persistence, that person
can make it.

40. She founded an
organization in 1915,
"Helen Keller
International;" which was
dedicated to preventing
blindness and teaching
people how to live well.
The organization printed
books and music in
braille and these books
helped blind people so
they could understand
and learn new things.

41. Helen Keller inspired
everyone. Some people
thought she wouldn't be
able to do anything like
normal people do.
Despite herdisabilities,
she was exactly like
normal person but only
just deaf-blind.

42. Although less engaged
in her later life, Keller
never wavered in her
commitment to
radicalism. Forty-three
years after her death,
Keller’s story still
inspires.

43. She saw things that
many sighted people
miss, heard things that
many who can hear
don’t. To say that hers
was a life well-lived
would be a huge
understatement.

44. HKI has been working in
the Philippines since
1975 and has had a
major presence since
1986.

45. HKI – Philippines’
project implementation
has resulted in a
coherent, integrated
program of technical
assistance to the
Government of the
Philippines (GOP) and
includes activities in:
Vitamin A supplementation
Nutrition
Education Child survival
Primary eye care

46. HKI-Philippines has
developed numerous
innovative and user-
friendly information,
education, and training
materials to support the
implementation of pilot-
tested strategies.

47. Presently, the HKI-
Philippines team
continues to provide
high quality technical
assistance to the GOP,
to local government
units, and to various
international and local
non-governmental
organizations.

48. ““The unselfish effort toThe unselfish effort to
bring cheerto othersbring cheerto others
will be the beginning ofwill be the beginning of
a happierlife fora happierlife for
ourselves.”ourselves.”
– Helen Keller

49. Charactercannot beCharactercannot be
developed in ease anddeveloped in ease and
quiet. Only throughquiet. Only through
experience of trial andexperience of trial and
suffering can the soulsuffering can the soul
be strengthened,be strengthened,
ambition inspired, andambition inspired, and
success achieved.success achieved.
-Helen Keller

52. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9-102 CORINTHIANS 12:9-10
But he said to me, “My grace is
sufficient foryou, formy power
is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses, so
that Christ’s power may rest on
me.

53. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9-102 CORINTHIANS 12:9-10
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I
delight in weaknesses, in insults,
in hardships, in persecutions, in
difficulties. Forwhen I amweak,
then I amstrong.