1. NEPAL
a desperate country with a desperate need

2. GEOGRAPHY
Landlocked
Mountainous region
Himalayas
26 million people
Mountain tourists
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3. GOVERNMENT
1951 - end of monarchy/
government established
1951 - open country (first
missionaries)
1990 - reformation
(democracy within
constitutional monarchy)
2007 - federal republic
2008 - first election
2009 - first prime minister http://www.yfci.org/country.php?id=134
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal

4. SHERPA’S
guides for mountaineering
expeditions
93% Buddhist
6% Hindu
0.6% Christian
unique hemoglobin-
binding enzymes
doubled nitric oxide
production
hearts that can utilize
glucose
lungs with increased
sensitivity to low oxygen http://www.joshuaproject.net/countries.php?rog3=NP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa

5. SHERPA’S
guides for mountaineering
expeditions
93% Buddhist
6% Hindu
0.6% Christian
unique hemoglobin-
binding enzymes
doubled nitric oxide
production
hearts that can utilize
glucose
lungs with increased
sensitivity to low oxygen http://www.joshuaproject.net/countries.php?rog3=NP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa

6. POPULATION
29 million people
332 people groups
309 unreached people groups
http://www.joshuaproject.net/countries.php?rog3=NP

7. POPULATION
29 million people
332 people groups
309 unreached people groups
http://www.joshuaproject.net/countries.php?rog3=NP

8. POVERTY
Average income per
person - $220/year
(0.7% of the US)
42% living below
poverty line
15% have access to
electricity
40% literacy rate
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9. RELIGION
85% Hindu
10% Buddhist
4% Muslim
0.8% Christian (25% of these are evangelical)
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10. RELIGIOUS GROWTH
Annual Growth
Hindu 2.0%
Buddhist 2.4%
Muslim 4.6%
Christian 16.4%
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11. PEOPLES PROGRESS
http://www.joshuaproject.net/countries.php?rog3=NP

12. RELIGIOUS PIE
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13. THE BIBLE
124 language groups
6 have fully translated
Bibles
9 have portions of it
12 are works in progress
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14. CURRENT MISSIONS
717 missionaries
90 agencies
30 countries
UK - 149
USA - 149
Germany - 48
Korea - 47
Australia - 32
Norway - 30
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15. WHAT’S GOING ON?
Bible translation
Bible Society
Christian literature
Cassette tapes
Bible courses
Christian radio
JESUS film
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16. PRAYER
Political stability
Continuity of
government
Religious freedom
Nepali Church
Social challenges
The least reached
Isaac & Eva http://www.operationworld.org/country/nepa/owtext.html