Kathmandu, Nepal-What Is it Like??

Kathmandu, Nepal is built on the side of a mountain, and the streets often have lots of stairs, and can be negotiated only by walking. These stairs on the left were in the area of a temple.

There we temples to the many gods all over the city.

Here we see food being prepared for the attendees at the ICPS conference. This man is peeling potatoes, and the picture on the right is of washing the dishes. All of this work was done by volunteers on the roof of the conference center.

This is one of the workshops at ICPS. I did 5 workshops. There is need for training in doctrine, interpreting Scripture, as well as understanding how to share the Word verse by verse, not just topically. I also provided training on leadership development.


The man with me is Pastor Anwar from Bangladesh. He heads up a church planting organization there.
He was an attendee at the conference. There were church planters from a number of countries that attended ICPS.



This is Pastor Arjuna Chigulari, the founder and president of Vision Nationals. He spearheaded the ICPS Conference. Vision Nationals works in Nepal, India and Thailand. His personal goal is to see 10,000 churches planted by 2030, it's called Vision 2030.

These colorfully dressed ladies are from India according to our taxi driver, however, we would never have been able to tell the difference.

This young lady is dressed in a more modern fashion. "Chair, who needs a chair?" She was squatted like this for at least a 1/2 hour, perhaps longer!

Here's a Buddhist monk taking a break for some watermelon.

A young boy of his father's lap.


Street children taking a nap.

All over the city we saw people carrying amazing burdens in this manner.

This man is doing his laundry near the crematorium, using the water that ashes have been swept into

A woman and her two daughters. The little girl in the yellow was shy, but when she saw her picture, she wanted another one taken!




A couple of young boys playing in a tree, just like boys everywhere

One of many beggars

Happy Nepalese woman selling bracelets

My hope is that this blog will give you a look at some of the life in Kathmandu as well as more information on the ICPS Conference.