In 1979, a group of students occupied the U.S. Embassy in Iran.

Tat Stewart was a pastor living in Tehran at the time.

And that day, he and his wife went to church just like normal.

On the way home, I said to my wife, let's drive by the American Embassy and see what's

going on.

And she said, well, why not?

When we got to the street where we would turn on to where the Embassy was, the streets

were all blocked off.

So it was obvious that there was something happening.

So we decided to lower our heads and just go home.

And so then we began to get worried because, you know, where are they going to be looking

for us?

And other members of my church began to call me and say, Tat, should we be concerned?

I said, well, I think you should stay home for a while.

That event is one chapter in the Iranian Revolution, a revolution that would affect Tat Stewart's

family and church in significant ways.

And that revolution still affects gospel work in Iran to this day.

Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.

In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.

He sent them out as sheep among wolves.

Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles, and they're still coming true

today in the lives of his followers around the world.

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