tim and lisa cocking

I just wanted to let you know so you can be praying. I’m going to be going to Siberia! Yes, Siberia. I’ll be going around July 15th and will be there for a couple of weeks recording the “JESUS” film in Altai. That’s the name of the mountain range in the region and the language. It is a Turkic language that has only had the New Testament since 2003 and no audio or video recordings. The major religion is ethnic/animism.

Because of the region’s remoteness and the difficulty communicating between there and the States it was decided that it would be good for me to go so that I could mix the film as it is recorded. That way when we leave, it will be in its finished form and we can begin duplication and distribution right away. This should shave a year off the process compared to if we had to mix it back in the studio and then try to get corrections and approvals from here.

I’ll be traveling out with my friend John Meyer from the Travel Team on what should be a pretty arduous journey through Washington DC or New York, through Amsterdam or Frankfurt, to Moscow where we will have to spend a day doing Visa paperwork. Then another plane ride down to as close as we can get. And finally a day by Jeep up into the mountains outside of Gorno-Altaysk. It’s over 8,000 miles and three days travel to get there!

If you want to find it on a map it’s right where Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and Russia all meet (on this map, a bit below the city of Novokuznetsk):

Please pray for the preparations. Russia is notoriously difficult for getting all the entry paperwork done. Pray that my visa would be approved with no problems. Pray for the journey itself and our heath. Pray that the recordings would go smoothly and that we could get good actors and recordings and leave them with a great tool to use to share the gospel.

One of the personal difficulties with the trip is that I will be leaving just a couple of days after getting back from our trip to Detroit so I won’t be around during the trip prep and will have to try to get all my ducks in a row as far as paperwork/visa and equipment before we leave for Detroit on June 23rd.

Pray also for Lisa and the kids as I’m gone!

Thank you so much for helping reach another language and people group for Christ!