KENOVA Jarek Compston kept his little legs pumping even while complaining to his marathon-running mother almost from the start about the race being so long. But the smallest and youngest runner — Jarek is only 5 years old — made the biggest splash in The Daily [...]
Chris and Amy Compston outside the FCI prison in Summit where they have participated in 5Ks with the inmates the past two years. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa SUMMIT, Ky. — Amy For Africa has taken us to many places in the [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. — Jarek Compston has a love of Jesus, Ugandan children and running. No, the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. The 5-year-old son of Chris and Amy Compston of the Amy For Africa mission will be running a 10K for the first time [...]
Cyprian Illukol with Amy Compston in 2014. For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a [...]
Shepherd's Fold, the 2016 AFA Wiffle Ball champion. Travis Hall Foundation was the 2016 AFA competition tournament champions Tournament director Sam Beason congratulates Brittnany Hoback for hitting the first home run by a female in AFA's four-year history. She hit two [...]
Bryan Hall pitches for the Travis Hall Foundation in the AFA competition wiffleball tournament. Andrew Adkins waits for the pitch for Sir Marks-A-Lot. Chris Compston is patient at the plate for Sir Marks-A-Lot. Ralph Martin gets into one for [...]
ASHLAND When Chris Long lines up for the Summer Motion 10K on Saturday morning he will have a milestone on his mind. The run through downtown Ashland will be the 100th road race for one of the Amy For Africa team’s favorite runners. Long has been [...]
KARUMA – It was exactly three years ago Monday that the mission organization Amy For Africa was put into motion. What has transpired over the last 1,094 days has been nothing short of a miracle. AFA has grown beyond our expectations to the point where more than [...]
Some of the AFA crew on Saturday morning after a 22-hour bus ride. ISHAKA, Bushenyi District – When 22 of us boarded the bus to leave Moyo the expectation of a 14-hour bus drive seemed almost too much to bear. If we only knew [...]
Dr. Floyd Paris, Amy Compston and Mark Maynard. VUMGBULA, Uganda – The Amy For Africa medical mission team reached into the Moyo district of Uganda with their hearts. On Thursday the last of six free medical clinics took place on the United Christian Expeditions [...]