Prayer Prompts
Pray for the Southern Jiarong
My name is Jiang San. I live with my wife Yuen and our two young boys in Rilong, a small village nestled high in the Eastern Himalayas. Life here is quiet, cold most of the year, and shaped by the rhythms of the mountains. We run a small restaurant—just a few tables, but enough to feed travelers who come to see the peaks of Siguniangshan.
One day, a couple from Chengdu came through—Americans, they said. They were curious about our food, our customs, our people. They asked questions no one had asked before. Not just about our dishes, but about our beliefs, our stories, our way of life. We served them yak dumplings and barley soup, and they kept coming back. Over time, they became more than customers. They became friends.
They asked about our Tibetan religion, and we shared what we knew—about the spirits, the rituals, the chants. Then one evening, they asked if we had ever heard of Jesus. We hadn’t. Not once. They spoke gently, not like teachers, but like people who had found something precious and wanted to share it. They told us stories from a book called the Bible. Stories about a man who healed the sick, forgave the broken, and spoke of a kingdom not made of stone or snow.
Yuen listened closely. She asked questions. She wanted to know more. On their next visit, they brought her a Bible in Chinese. She began reading it at night, after the boys were asleep. She would whisper verses to me, wondering what they meant. “He makes me lie down in green pastures,” she said once. “What kind of shepherd is this?”
Then, just as suddenly as they had come, they had to leave. Something urgent back in America. We didn’t get to say goodbye properly. Their absence left a quiet space in our hearts. But the Bible remained. And so did the questions.
Unreached People Group: Southern Jiarong
| Primary Language | Unknown |
| People Cluster | Tibetan |
| Primary Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Countries | China |
| Population | 58,000 |
Progress of the Gospel
| % Christian | < 2 % |
| Bible Available | No |
| Jesus Film Available | No |
| Gospel Recordings Available | No |
| Progress of the Gospel | Unengaged and unreached |
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!'”
Isaiah 52:7
Pray for Jiang San and Yuen as they continue to explore the teachings of Jesus. Ask that the Holy Spirit would stir their hearts with understanding and peace about the words they read from the Bible.
Pray for their two sons, that they may grow up in a home where truth and love are being discovered anew.
Pray for more workers to come to Siguniangshan, to walk alongside families like Jiang San’s, and to share the gospel with gentleness and cultural respect.
Pray for the Jiarong people group, still largely unreached, that the light of Christ would begin to shine in the high places of the Eastern Himalayas.
