Episode 157 - Called to Albania & the Cost of Obedience: Féy Cotter, Part 1

In Part 1 of our chat with Féy Cotter from European Christian Mission we begin by tracing the early foundations of a life shaped by faith, obedience, and mission.

Féy shares about her childhood, developing a strong belief in God from a young age, and the slow, faithful unfolding of God’s call - eventually leading their family to the mission field in Albania.

This episode explores the realities of missionary life as a family: responding to God’s call with children, navigating uncertainty, experiencing evacuation during civil unrest, and witnessing the early growth of Christianity in Albania. Féy also vulnerably shares about the beginning of her son’s mental health struggles, reminding us that obedience doesn’t come without cost.

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0:00 - Coming up
0:59 - Welcome and introducing Féy
2:40 - Early years
4:45 - Christian background
5:48 - Strong belief in God at a young age
6:39 - Meeting her husband and both coming to Christ
9:00 - First interest in the mission field
12:40 - The call to go to Albania
15:32 - Should children and teenagers go to the mission field?
17:15 - Only one evangelical Christian left in Albania
18:38 - First experiences in Albania
19:35 - Civil emergency causes family to flee to Macedonia
21:05 - How did the kids respond to being in Albania
23:05 - Growing Christianity in Albania
26:38 - Was there persecution?
28:04 - Son develops depression