Mr. and Mrs. White (A certified dental assistant) serve as boarding parents for the boys’ house. She has been a foster parent through the years to twenty-seven girls ages 10 – 18. In addition to their Brook Hill ‘children’, they have two children of their own. Regenea has been involved in Children’s ministry for more than ten years as Sunday school teacher and children’s ministry director. Mrs. White has volunteered in local mission work through church and Mission Tyler. She enjoys spending her spare time with family, decorating, learning about history, and just being around young people.

 The boarding house parents in the girls’ house are Spencer and Talitha Smith. Talitha is the oldest of five children. She is used to a house full of girls, having spent the majority of her teenage life sharing a room with three sisters. Along with helping to raise her younger sisters and brother, she remained involved in her parents’ children’s ministry throughout her teenage years. These years spent with young people contributed to what is now a conviction to see young people make decisions that honor God and help them realize their full potential as God’s children. Mrs. Smith has worked as a licensed cosmetologist (which often allowed her to play the role of personal counselor as well!) and has also modeled professionally for Toni & Guy, Inc. and L’Oreal. Talitha spends the majority of her time teaching the Smith’s two-year-old daughter Olivia Brynn. Olivia is almost as excited as Talitha about having, in her own words, “a house full of big sisters.”

    Spencer is enjoying his first year as a member of the History/English faculty at Brook Hill and is excited about taking an active role in the academic environment of the boarding program. As a part-time coach, he also looks forward to pick-up basketball, volleyball and soccer games with the boarding students during time off. For more personal information on Mr. Smith, check his bio page on the Brook Hill website at http://www.brookhill.org/bios/ssmith.htm.