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President LaNette Hendrix
Vice-President Diane Richmond
Treasurer Anita Sohn
Secretary Stephanie Feagins
Sherry Graves Marketing and Fundraising
LaNette J. Hendrix: President
LaNette J. Hendrix is currently in full time ministry; serves on the Board of Directors and as Assistant Teacher for Education Plus International Ministries. She is also Founder and President of Val’s House International Ministries.
LaNette has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. She worked almost 20 years in an insurance agency in Denton, Texas but her passion was youth. She served the Lord as Youth Sunday School Teacher for 18 years, and then she led an adult drama team called The Flock for 8 years. The Lord began to give her a passion for women’s ministry and in 2008 Val’s House International Ministries was founded with the goal of having several weekly meetings available for women to attend where they had a safe, non-judgmental atmosphere. Authenticity and transparency along with much love and support from other ladies, allows each of us to become ‘Hope Dispensers’ to others still trapped in darkness and despair. The meetings are called ‘Val’s House’ because we wanted to set an atmosphere that didn’t feel like Bible Study. When you come to Val’s, you don’t sense a ‘churchy’ setting. You feel like you are at Grandma’s house with your favorite cousins who love you with or without your make-up on, hair done, or clothes perfectly ironed. These ‘come as you are’ meetings are helping women and their families to find hope and healing, love and laughter, and to feel the total acceptance of our amazing and wonderful Heavenly Father. The dream that the Lord has given LaNette for this ministry also includes providing several conferences and retreats each year for churches or women’s groups to further their spiritual growth and experience.
LaNette gave her life to the Lord at a youth retreat at Camp Windermere in Southern Missouri on Aug. 22, 1975. Two days later upon arriving home from camp, she led her Mother to the Lord. Like a domino effect, her entire family accepted Christ as their Savior (except for 2 year old sister, Valarie) were baptized together 6 weeks later.
LaNette has two adult children, Lindsay and Timothy, and is proud Nonni to Grandson, Daniel.
LaNette invites you to attend one of our weekly meetings, attend one or all of our annual events, or book Val’s House to lead an event for your women’s or church group. We are here to serve you!
Diane Richmond: Vice President
Diane has many gifts to offer Val’s House International Ministries but she is most famously known for her huge, passionate heart for Jesus, and her gift of hospitality!
She was born and raised in the Chicago suburb of LaGrange until her family moved to Denton, Texas when she was 12 years old. It was in Denton that she accepted Jesus as her Savior at the age of 13. Currently, Diane is a member of Cooper Creek Baptist
Church in Denton.
She has been employed by Labinal, Inc. in Corinth, Texas for 23 years as a Production Associate were she builds wire harnesses for airplanes.
Diane loves to cook and spoil people, serving them wherever and however the Lord leads her to do so. Diane and her husband Charles, have been married 27 years. They have one daughter, Paula who is married to Justin and they have given Diane two
beautiful grandchildren. Grandson Keaton is 6 and Granddaughter Taylor is almost 3.
In Diane’s own words, “Psalm 139 is my favorite. God has been very gracious to me and my family and I give Him all the praise!”
Anita M. Sohn: Treasurer
Anita M. Sohn is currently serving Education Plus+ Providence House & Val’s House International Ministries; Both on the Board and in full-time Ministry.
Anita holds an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Bachelor’s Degree in Christian Education, and is currently 6hrs away from her PhD in Education. She also holds many certificate hours of professional training and over 780 hours of teachings, via Teacher –Administrator seminars. She is currently taking courses in Counseling, Healing Ministry & Web-building.
She is currently the Administrator, Academic Advisor, L ead Teacher & Head of the In-House Learning Center, Adult Diploma, and Home School Divisions for Education Plus+ International Ministries. Anita has been with Ed+ for over 20 years and has been teaching professionally for 21 years.
Anita has had many years of experience in ministering to others from a personal and professional standpoint. Along with her husband, Gary – they exclusively managed a Group Home for 20 years and have raised over 180 children, through Providence House.
Anita came to Christ at 7 years old. Knowing she was different [meaning “set apart”] from the world; it was a definite struggle growing up and keeping a value system that is so different from those around her. She grew up in a Christian home and that made a huge and eternal difference in her life. From a child through early adulthood; suffering through abuse, rape, the loss of a child and then later on battling through 11+ years of cancer, she has a heart to help others to see, their past or present – doesn’t define who they are now or in their future.
Anita & Gary have been happily married for 30 years & share a vibrant love of the Lord; they have 2 biological children, 180 group home children; 4 biological Grand Children [known as her Gbabies] and 12 total Grand Children with 1 more Gbaby arriving in early December.
Stephanie Feagins: Secretary
Stephanie Feagins serves the Lord in full time ministry both at Orchard Road Baptist Church in Lewisville, TX where her husband, Ron, is the Pastor; and with Val’s House International Ministries.
Stephanie worked several years for Texas Instruments; and recently retired from the Lewisville Independent School District. She is currently a student at Dallas Christian College, where she is obtaining a Non-Profit Management certification at Center for Non-Profit Dallas.
Stephanie uses her gifts and talents in many areas. She serves as Assistant Marketing and Fundraising Manager for Val’s House International Ministries, leads weekly meetings when needed, and performs with our drama team “The Liberty Belles” and sings with our Ladies group called “Voice of Glory”.
She and Ron just celebrated 25 years of marriage. They have three children at home, Michele, Jason, and Jacob, and one married daughter Jennifer and her husband, Tex.
Sherry Graves: Marketing & Fundraising
House International Ministries. Not only does she spend countless hours developing strategies for marketing and fundraising, but she is also a gifted teacher that shares from the Bible and from the Greek in order to give her audience the best opportunity to get the full meaning from God’s Word. Sherry often leads one of our weekly meetings and she regularly speaks at our conferences.
Sherry currently serves Val’s House International Ministries as leader of our women’s singing group, “Voice of Glory” and writes many of the songs we sing and skits our drama team, “The Liberty Belles” perform. Her enthusiasm and sense of humor bring an
element of joy to our events that we could not otherwise experience if it weren’t for her fun filled personality and ingenuity.
Sherry and her family own a farm in East Texas and a couple of cabins in Colorado where our leadership team does much of its planning, praying, and marinating in the presence of the Lord to get revelation, clarity, and equipping for the things God is calling
us to do. Their unselfish acts of kindness in sharing these getaways with us, has been instrumental in us developing into the ministry God is calling it to be and we are very grateful for their generosity.
Sherry has been married to husband, Ken, for over 30 years. They have two adult children, Greg and Celeste, and two grandchildren, Colton and Paeton.