A Pastor in Kentucky has turned an old motel into a drug rehab center.
The Inez Motel may have once been a place where drugs were exchanged and even used. Owners of the rundown motel sold the property, which is located in the middle of downtown Inez, Ky., a couple of years ago. But nobody else seemed like they wanted anything to do with it. The new owner wasn’t sure if anything good could ever come from it.
Casey Carver had a different idea. The pastor of Inez First Baptist Church met with some citizens to identify the area’s biggest problems. And the No. 1 answer seemed obvious.
He told the Baptist Press, “These drugs are all over the county and we’re right in downtown Inez,”
Carver knew he couldn’t fight it from inside the church’s walls, so he stepped outside of them and took the lead on finding a solution.
The family who purchased the motel offered it to him with the hopes that he could do something positive through a community organization. The property came with no strings attached and the idea for a drug rehabilitation center was born.
The rehabilitation will be faith-based and those entering the 30-day program will have to be sponsored by someone for $300. They will also have to follow some strict guidelines.
Carver said, “We’re going to pour God into them 24/7. They will be required to go to church and have a set schedule.
Carver hopes those entering the program will come out healed.