BOSTON - The official results are in for the Boston Athletic Association 5,000 and Amy For Africa runner Chris Compston exceeded expectations. Compston, wife of AFA founder Amy Compston, was 428th out of 8,640 runners who competed. He ran a personal best of 20:34 on the [...]
BOSTON - Team Amy For Africa was on the move in Boston on Saturday. The day started with AFA runners Chris Compston, Amy's husband, and Amanda Evans, Amy's sister, running in the Boston Athletic Association 5K on a sun-drenched morning in downtown Boston. Chris ran the [...]
BOSTON - Team Amy For Africa is back in Boston. One year after Amy Compston competed in the 2013 Boston Marathon, where she was a top 15 percent finisher in the female division, the mission-minded runner has returned to compete on Monday. Along with that honor, [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – It’s almost Boston Marathon time for Amy Compston and the Amy For Africa team. We ask our friends, family and other supporters to remember us in pray this weekend as we visit Boston and proclaim God’s name on every corner. We want divine [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. —Technology will allow fans of Amy Compston to follow her on Monday during the Boston Marathon. Text 15196 to 345678 to receive updates on where she is during race day. She will probably start around 10:30 to 11 a.m. It will alert you up [...]
Amy Compston during last year's Boston Marathon. Below: Amy shows a photograph of her family after they all arrived safely following the bombings on April 15, 2013. By MARK MAYNARD / The Ashland Daily Independent ASHLAND, Ky. — Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. - Amy For Africa team members Chris Compston and Amanda Wesolowski received official word on Monday that they are in the Chicago Marathon and will join Amy Compston in the race. Amy qualified earlier with her time from last year's Boston Marathon and her time [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – The Amy For Africa mission reached another milestone on Sunday afternoon, surpassing a fundraising goal of $50,000. The congregation at Franklin Furnace Independent Baptist Church gave the organization a $420 love offering on Sunday after listening to Amy Compston’s powerful testimony that pushed [...]
MOYO, Uganda – Heavy rains and hailstorms flattened the first Penne Paris Nursery School at the Laropi Baptist Church on Monday, according to United Christian Expedition missionary Dr. Floyd Paris. The school is one of four working Penne Paris schools that are supported by the Amy [...]
ASHLAND – The Amy For Africa Team is looking for a few good runners. Team AFA runners are asked to help us raise funds by running for the organization. Ask friends and family members to donate per mile for every mile you race this summer and [...]