During weekends, the students work in congregations. Wenger spends three hours on the train to get to her assignment in Yokohama. In addition to a variety of roles in worship services, she works in open-air evangelism, often visiting neighborhood parks and telling stories to children. She also teaches English classes, closing each class with a brief Bible study. One of her strongest lessons from Japanese Christians is devotion to church life.
People devote their one day off, the whole day, to church activities.
The denomination that operates the Kirisuto Kyodaidan school assigns students to full-time ministry in a congregation following graduation, either as pastor of a small church or as assistant pastor of a larger church. The students receive their placements within the month before graduation and tart work in early April. I miss my family, but this is where God wants me to be.