The Mongols of Henan County in China’s Qinghai Province are from the tribes of the Oirat. In 1958, communicating in the Oirat language was forbidden and Mongols were forced to speak Tibetan. Their Oirat-speaking communities were scattered throughout Henan County. Today, these 43,000 Mongols speak Amdo Tibetan and have adopted a few Tibetan cultural practices, but they’ve kept their traditions of dress and architecture and celebration of the Mongolian New Year. For thousands of years, Mongols have been known for raising sheep, racing horses and living in gers across the grasslands. Like many grassland people, the Qinghai Mongols are outgoing people who like to tell jokes and laugh. Like the Tibetans they live among, the Mongol hearts are very hard soil. They are strong Tibetan Buddhists with no known Christians among them. Although gospel materials exist, many of them have never heard about Jesus Christ. Pray that they will see their need for a savior and call out to Jesus. Pray that near-culture believers will endure the hardships necessary to bring the truth of Jesus to this tribe of Mongols.