Travis and Amy Johnson
Travis and Amy Johnson are team leaders for the WHM team in Bundibugyo, Uganda. Along with their children, Lillian (2004) Patton (2006) and Aidan (2009), they enjoy life in the rural and remote corner west of the Rwenzori Mountains and east of the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Travis grew up in Spartanburg, SC the middle of three boys and Amy grew up in Franklin, TN the oldest of three girls. They became friends on a foreign study trip to the Middle East while at Furman University. Amy taught elementary school and completed a Masters in Education at the University of Queensland in Australia. Travis served as a college minister and began his medical studies at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. They were married in 2001 and Travis graduated in 2004. After completing a rural family medicine residency in Hendersonville, North Carolina, he worked as a junior faculty and with a non-governmental organization in Honduras. He also worked at St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, NC. In 2008-2009, Travis completed a Masters in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, focusing on global health and maternal-child health.
Working in both the sectors of education and health, Amy and Travis hope to see true and complete healing of individuals and communities through the hope and power of Jesus Christ. Travis is the Chairman of the Board of Governors for Christ School Bundibugyo and works alongside Ugandan staff in the medical clinic as well as helping with local public health projects. Amy spends her days raising their three children and supporting the team through planning, coordination, and hospitality. They desire to see this current generation of both Westerners and Ugandans discipled in the knowledge and grace of God and to see Bundibugyo as a launching place for future missional work in Africa.
DESIGNATION NUMBER: 50021
