Amy Compston fits a shoe on the foot of a child during the Amy For Africa / Samaritan's Feet shoe distribution last week in Uganda. MARK MAYNARD / AFA CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Amy Compston, the name and face behind the Amy For Africa [...]
Chris and Amy Compston cross the finish line holding hands during the last leg of the West Virginia Trilogy on Oct 11, 2015. Amy was the fourth female finisher and Chris the 23rd male finisher. CIRCLEVILLE, W.Va. — The official results from the sixth [...]
TOP: Chris and Amy in front of the FCI Summit prison. ABOVE: FCI chaplain Jason Griffith, Amy, Chris and Beth in front of the prison. SUMMIT, Ky. — Amy For Africa tries to follow the biblical instruction of going Wherever He Leads. Last weekend, [...]
Chris and Amy Compston cross the finish line holding hands on Sunday. CIRCLEVILLE, W.Va. – Sixty-seven brave participants signed up for the sixth annual West Virginia Trilog. By Sunday afternoon, after three days and 94 miles of running through elevations of up to 8,000 [...]
CIRCLEVILLE, W.Va. – A competitive fire burns deep inside of Amy Compston, who went into this weekend’s West Virginia Trilogy intent on either winning the three-stage race or at least being near the top when it ended on Sunday. She was in position to do just [...]
Amy, Chris and family - Bear, Bailee, Skylar and Jarek. CIRCLEVILLE, W.Va. – When the running became difficult during the grueling 31-mile first day of the mountainous West Virginia Trilogy, Amy Compston knew where to turn. It’s the same place she turns for all [...]
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Amy Compston of Amy For Africa will be the speaker for the Fields of Faith youth event at Huntington High on Oct. 14. The event is being sponsored by Huntington/Tri-State area Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Compston, the face behind the mission that works [...]
Chris and Amy Compston in Chicago last October. They are taking on an even bigger challenge this week in the West Virginia Trilogy. BELOW: Amy competing in the New York City Marathon. BELOW RIGHT: Chris competes during one of six marathons in 2014. CIRCLEVILLE, [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. - The Baseball Bunch won the third annual Amy For Africa Whiffleball Tournament in grand fashion. Team captain Derek Runyon's walkoff homer in the bottom of the third inning lifted the Bunch to a 7-6 victory over All About that Base in a pulsating [...]
Amy dancing with joy at AFA's welcome to Panyanga. ASHLAND, Ky. — Amy Compston, the face of the Amy For Africa mission, was chosen as one of three Women of Influence by Samaritan’s Feet International for her work with children in the Moyo region [...]