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No Resentment. Last week tall (6 ft. 1 in.), rugged Farmer Jordan shoved his hat back on his head and sighed. "The dealer who's been supplying gas and oil for our tractors just phoned and said he wouldn't be able to supply us any more,'' he said. "We have enough on hand for a few days, but we'll have to find another supply. The feed situation's worse than that. Our feed dealer isn't going to sell to us any more, and we have more than 3,500 laying hens and more than 300 hogs to feed. There's enough on hand for just a few days. We may have to find another dealer at a distance. We plan to meet each crisis as it arises. We have no intention of giving up."
But the pressure is growing on Koinonia Farm. A few weeks ago a Sunday-school teacher in a rural Methodist church was fired for suggesting, after a lesson on the persecution of the early Christians, that a collection be taken up to help repair Koinonia's dynamited roadside stand. "I bear no resentment to the people who are doing these things to us," says Clarence Jordan. "I was born and raised in this country, over near Talbotton, Georgia, and my brothers and sisters live there now. I know how these people feel. I would probably feel the same way if I had not seen some of the teachings of Jesus."