When Amir*, a Haggai Leader living in Southeast Asia, reflects on his Haggai Leader Experience (HLE), it’s the clear mission and vision he is bringing home with him that he remembers most fondly. 

“HLE helped me to set a clear vision and mission with achievable goals…my action too has been affected and I ensure that I do not share the gospel for the sake of fake conversion but a true conversion which is anchored in Christ’s love and guided by the Holy Spirit.”

For someone working in a context where sharing faith comes with significant risk and opposition, those newfound goals sustain him. Where he lives, sharing the Gospel in public and to someone with other religious beliefs can be a criminal offence.

Amir is a founding partner at a law firm with a main focus in human rights, particularly on issues affecting the marginalized community. Through this role he is showing the legal profession, and the public, that he can live in faith while still practicing law. God has placed him in his position to help others and even when circumstances are hard, to make disciples of all nations.

Before ever attending the HLE, Amir was already working to impact the culture around him. He published a guidebook for those navigating the legal process of leaving their religion of origin. He trained pastors and lay leaders, equipping them with the knowledge to walk alongside people with questions rather than turn them away out of fear. Alongside his wife, he developed parenting courses to help families become what he calls “a little temple,” where parents can act as priests, guiding their children toward Christ. 

The impact of this work became visible during one of his training sessions with pastors and church leaders. A pastor approached him afterward, visibly moved. She shared a painful regret of years ago when a convert from another faith had come to her seeking spiritual guidance, but fear had overwhelmed her. She turned the person away. She carried that moment for years. Then, a few years later, another opportunity came. This time, she chose differently. She decided to journey with the convert, to walk alongside them despite the risk and uncertainty. 

Amir first encountered Haggai in 2018 at a local leadership seminar. Although personal struggles kept him from attending HLE at that time, God had other plans. In July 2024, his Archbishop called with an unexpected message that he wanted to send Amir abroad under Haggai International. He now believes the door in 2019 closed so this one could open. He spent months preparing spiritually and mentally, and in November 2024, attended HLE.

What he found there gave shape to a clear vision and mission for when he returned home. He developed a personal motto, “Familiae pro Christo” (Families for Christ), and a mission statement focused on building a culture of Christ’s love in himself, family, community, his nation and the world. He left with a deeper conviction that true witness is not about numbers or outcomes, but is anchored in Christ’s love and guided by the Holy Spirit.

Amir had a chance to act on that clear mission when he returned home and encountered a friend from a different faith who asked him what he actually believed. He told her the story of the prodigal son and when he finished, she was quiet. Then she replied, “I have never heard of this kind of love.”

*name changed for privacy

written by Leah Alexander