Four obstacles to missions work in Mongolia

Recently, a fellow missionary asked me to list to biggest obstacles to me in working for Christ in Mongolia. These were my four biggest obstacles. I list them for your information.

1. The lack of any Biblical background. Mongolians generally know nothing about the Bible, like who Abraham is or David. Their standards for morality are all based on man's wisdom.
2. The difficulty of the language. Because of the lack of Biblical background many of the words that we use (such as sin, repentance, righteousness, god, etc.) are defined differently than the Bible defines them. Therefore, when speaking of these topics the Mongolian has different concepts in mind than the Christian. Added to this, the language belongs to a completely different language family than English and it is sometimes difficult to move concepts easily expressed in English into proper Mongolian grammar.
3. The choices of previous, well-intentioned missionaries. For example, many missionaries chose to pay Mongolians to "do the work of the ministry." These Mongolians often lacked the theological training and personal character to lead churches. This resulted in a poor misunderstanding of Scripture, pride among Christian leaders, and a mercenary spirit in which Mongolians were willing to change their "beliefs" for monthly income. In a country where the average salary is less than $200/mo. some of these Christians leaders drive massively expensive, new Ford Expeditions. Another choice was made by many missionaries to de-emphasize denominational and doctrinal differences in the interest of unity. Practically, this means that anyone who now stands for something and condemns his "fellow Christian's" heresy or doctrinal deficiency is considered to be divisive.
4. The general busy-ness of the Mongolian people. Many Mongolians feel that they have to work 60, 70, even 80 hours a week just to avoid poverty. And those that are making a dollar an hour or so don't make all that much for an 80 hour week. That means that people often tell me that they are too busy for God. Now often Americans are busy too. But the difference is that an American does not choose to work an 80 hours week to feed his family like some Mongolians do.