Kona Ice owner putting swing to use for AFA
ASHLAND, Ky. – A local CPA and businessman will be taking some swings for Amy For Africa next month. Matt Fultz, whose Kona Ice franchise is a three-year sponsor of the popular Amy For Africa wiffleball tournament, will be trying to hit 762 wiffleball home runs – matching Barry Bonds’ [...]
God’s timing: Land purchase in Uganda completed
NJERU, Uganda – Nearly one year ago, Amy Compston wrote a note in her Bible. That’s not unusual. She’s written hundreds of notes in the pages of her very used Bible. But that one conveyed a special message: Amy said God told her that Amy For Africa would purchase land [...]
Emma Pratt: From Amish family to AFA missionary
By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa NJERU, Uganda – Emma Pratt told her mother when she was 12 years old that she wanted to be a missionary. Her mother had this message for young Emma: “Mom told me God has people chosen for that already.” The understood message? She [...]
Countless blessings and tears for AFA mission team
NJERU, Uganda – Only three days into what will be a five-week stay for three of the five Amy For Africa mission team members and the countless blessings are flowing. And so are the countless tears. That’s normal. They are both usually in abundance on AFA mission trips. This one [...]
WATCH IT HERE! Amy shines on TV appearance with Huckabee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Amy Compston of the Amy For Africa mission made a national television appearance on the Mike Huckabee Show via the Trinity Broadcasting Network on Saturday night. Compston was selected as one of "Huck's Heroes" for her work with the Amy For Africa mission. The segment was brief [...]
How to get a copy of ‘Grace Runner’
ASHLAND, Ky. - Copies of "Grace Runner" about Amy Compston and the Amy For Africa mission can be purchased by following this link. The book is written by Mark Maynard, a veteran newspaper journalist who joined Amy on the mission and chronicled the first six months from the 2013 Boston [...]