Burton finds running inspiration from little AFA feet
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 Half Marathon. “God has [...]
Amy Compston’s ‘Grace Story’ goes worldwide
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 in the summer of [...]
700 Club to air Amy Compston segment on Thursday
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., 11 p.m., 3 p.m. [...]
126,000 bricks donated and ready for AFA Christian Academy
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 bricks were purchased Oct. [...]
700 Club to share Amy’s ‘Grace story’ to enormous audience
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 an international and national [...]
#BuildThatSchool brick campaign nearing 100,000
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 for the first phase [...]