Amy Compston and the AFA team was greeted with clapping and cheers. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa ISHAKA, Uganda – After serving up some 650 meals, passing out 360 gifts and watching and participating in a 5½-hour Ugandan school showcase program, what [...]
Pastor Blazio and Amy Compston in Ashaka. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa ASHAKA, Uganda – The alarm went off at 4:15 a.m. like a gong. A journey from Jinja to Ashaka was 45 minutes from starting. This mission trip is not about [...]
By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa NJERU, Uganda – Very little is the same in America as it is in Uganda. You can put church on that list too. It’s not different in a bad way, mind you. For instance, they sing and they dance [...]
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 [...]