When is the last time the superintendent of the school where your children attend came knocking on your door? Ever? For the past three days in Uganda, Amy Compston has gone door to door – make that hut to hut – visiting the parents of every [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – If we’ve been taught anything in the Amy For Africa ministry over the past 6½ years, it’s this: God always shows up. As AFA has grown from a one-time fundraiser in 2013 to a full-fledged international ministry that is, through God’s amazing grace [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. - Amy Compston has been selected as the Ashland area’s 2019 annual Steel Magnolia Award honoree, the Middletown Community Foundation has announced. The award honors women who have overcome obstacles to positively impact the community. The program is administered by the Middletown Community Foundation [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – Tim Burton doesn’t mind following in little footsteps. The 59-year-old Burton has found his inspiration to run his first half marathon in 8-year-old Jarek Compston, who accomplished the feat the first time as a 6-year-old while representing Amy For Africa in the Marshall [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. - Amy Compston's "Grace Story" came alive to a worldwide audience on Thursday via the Christian Broadcasting Network's 700 Club. Compston, who co-founded the Amy For Africa mission in 2013, overcame 14 years of drug and alcohol abuse after fully surrendering to Jesus Christ [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – Amy Compston of Amy For Africa will be sharing her “Grace Story” with an international and national television audience on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s 700 Club on Thursday, The network announced last week that the six-minute segment would air Thursday at 10 a.m., [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – The #BuildThatSchool miracles are just beginning! In less than two months, the supporters of Amy For Africa have purchased 126,000 bricks for the AFA Christian Academy. The campaign, with the hashtag #BuildThatSchool, started on Aug. 12 and the last of the nearly 20,000 [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – The Lord opened a giant door for the Amy For Africa international Christian ministry on Tuesday with a visit from the Christian Broadcasting Network’s 700 Club. Amy Compston shared her “Grace Story” to the 700 Club’s cameras and that story will soon have [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – God is on the move! About a month after beginning the #BuildThatSchool campaign that allows supporters to purchase bricks for the Uganda-based AFA Christian Academy, 75 percent of the goal has been met. As of Sept. 10, 96,271 of the 126,000 bricks needed [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – Amy For Africa introduced the game of basketball to Ugandan children this summer. The bouncing ball will be part of AFA this fall in northeastern Kentucky. The inaugural Amy For Africa/Bridges Church Men’s Basketball League has been organized by AFA supporter Chris Long [...]