Chris Compston with some of his Ugandan friends from an area in Jinja called "The Ghetto." By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa JINJA, Uganda – Hope came to a hopeless place on Saturday. Amy For Africa’s mission team came to the area in [...]
Geoffrey Kadhaya is the pastor at Victoria Baptist Church and the leader at Global Theological Seminary in Jinja. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa JINJA, Uganda – We received a blessing bonus on Friday with a day of encouragement. This was already a [...]
Amy Compston watches Mark Maynard in the barber's chair in Uganda. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa JINJA, Uganda – So on Thursday, the Amy For Africa team visited Jinja’s version of Floyd’s Barbershop and saw Moses near the Nile River. No, we’re [...]
The AFA team served up lunchto more than 500 Ugandans on Wednesday at a Christmas celebration. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa NJERU, Uganda – An early morning shower poured so hard on Wednesday that Chris and Amy Compston nixed a morning run, [...]
Danielle Wesolowski enjoying the children in Uganda on her first mission trip. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa NJERU, Uganda – Watching the engagement of newcomers on the mission field, no matter where that field may be, can be exhilarating. They usually come [...]
By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa In this digital world, even our Bibles are available at our fingertips and in our pockets. Like everything else – books, newspapers, magazines – the preferred form is becoming the digital way. We are a society that has learned [...]
Amy Compston stands between Cyprian and Scovia Iliukol on Nov. 27, 2017. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa NJERU, Uganda – Today was a day for reuniting for the Amy For Africa families in America and Uganda. The smiles as long as the [...]
At left is Moses, our driver, and beside him is Cyprian Illukol, our pastor and school leader. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa ENTEBBE - When you’re on a journey some 8,000 miles away, there’s simply no easy way to get there. For [...]
Amy Compston addreeses students and staff at Summit Elementary in Ashland, Ky., on Nov. 16, 2017. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa SUMMIT, Ky. (AFA) – A northeastern Kentucky elementary school is partnering with Amy For Africa on its upcoming mission trip [...]
Amy and Jarek at the Marshall University half marathon. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Six-year-old Jarek Compston not only conquered the Marshall half marathon on Sunday, but he nearly doubled his fundraising goal for children in Uganda. Jarek, the [...]