Karen Conn: Running with new purpose for Team AFA
Karen Conn By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa ASHLAND, Ky. — Karen Conn has been running for herself the past five years. Now she's running with something bigger in mind. Conn has joined the Amy For Africa running team and will be competing in the Kanawha Trace [...]
Team AFA adds impressive runner to fold
Joshua Riley By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa ASHLAND, Ky. — One of the top runners in eastern Kentucky has decided to join Team Amy For Africa. Joshua Riley, a 2014 Russell High School graduate who currently attends Morehead State University, wanted to run for a cause. [...]
Cyclist added to Team AFA roster
Melanie Bailey-Riffe is the first cyclist on the AFA team. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa ASHLAND, Ky. — Amy For Africa is welcoming cyclist Melanie Bailey-Riffe to its competitive team. Bailey-Riffe, who is from Frankfort, is as passionate about cycling as Amy Compston is about running. [...]
People of Moyo left impression on AFA team
AFA team members wash feet and distribute shoes on Friday. Mission to Moyo team Amy with AFA's new goat. By MARK MAYNARD / Amy For Africa The Ma’di people of Moyo in northern Uganda don’t have much. But while they have countless needs — [...]
Day 14: Surfing safari and baboon aboard
By MARK MAYNARD We are spending are last days in Uganda doing a little relaxing after a physically and mentally exhausting two weeks of distributing shoes in Moyo. On Sunday we took a safari drive through Murchison National Park and witnessed some of God's marvelous work. We saw giraffes, cape [...]
Day 13: On the road again and swimming pool baptism
By MARK MAYNARD Not much new to report today as much of our time was spent on the bus traveling to Murcherson Falls Game Park. We reached the Game Park in time to get on a boat for a three-hour tour - yes, a three-hour tour - but unlike Gilligan [...]