Greetings!

In recent days, much has been happening on The Enemy God film project. Thanks for taking a minute to read this this exciting news.

In May, new conversations with Venezuelan (VZ) government officials indicated that filming in Coshelewateli village might still be a possibility. These were not considered to be credible enough to commit once again to film in Cosh, but we were open to hear what they had to say, and we began to pray about what God wanted us to take from this.

Mike Dawson, our partner in VZ, called this week and the situation seems to be continuing to deteriorate. Still hoping and praying for the impossible, we had been trying to set up a meeting with a general who is in charge of the state of Amazonas where we have been working on the film project. Mike recently met with our Venezuelan lawyer but said he couldn’t share a lot of details over the phone. (Mike did remind me that two of our lawyer’s brothers were generals – thus letting us know that this was solid information.) Our lawyer’s recommendations are as follows;

? He felt it would be a mistake to try to meet with the General at this time concerning the movie (even if there were friendly overtures.)
? He also said it was a bad time to try to come down for our (Tom's and Matt’s) planned, end of June visit to work on permits. Things are just too tenuous in the jungle to risk outsiders like us coming in, especially Americans.

In response, we are considering the door closed in VZ. This is based on conversations with our legal counsel in VZ, Mision Padamo and our own leadership here.

We are now ramping up our planning in Belize, Central America as our new film location. We are also working on an alternative plan whereby Yanomamö actors can still participate in the film outside of VZ. We will begin working on passports and other logistics to enable key Yanomamö actors to perform in the film in Belize. We will travel to Belize the last week in June. Our purposes will be to begin the process of building new film sets, casting, and working through permits there. We are also praying that Mike Dawson and 2 Yanomamö leaders can meet us in Belize to request that the Indians there in Belize help the Yanomamö tell their story.

We continue to rely on the Lord for each step of this process. PLEASE continue to pray with us, for God’s direction, timing and supply.

Psalm 127:1 "Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it."

Thank you for joining with us,

Tom Khazoyan –– Executive Producer, Yai Bada (The Enemy God) film

[Note: If this is the first time you have received this update, you can read all of our past reports on our web site, www.TheEnemyGod.com under the "News" section.]

? Please pray for good communication with our partners in Belize. We need to work out details of permits, budgets, crew, and other logistical issues.

? Please pray for our creative team: Matt Castagna (Producer), Christopher Bessette (Director), and myself. Pray for both creativity and wisdom about how to best bring this story to a worldwide audience.