Austin called his parents earlier in the day from a members house and asked them to call him back at 7pm our time. His dad started calling at 7 and the line was busy. It took about 45 minutes to get through but he finally got a hold of him. We all talked to him on speaker phone. I didn't think I was going to be here when he called but I made it so I got to talk to him twice in one week. The first thing he said to us was " You guys are speaking English". That was pretty funny! He kept answering all the questions we asked with Si. He is in Puerto Vallarta currently and he is 5 hours away from his mission presidents house. He has NO HOT WATER in his apartment and they have to boil water to rinse off with. He also has to wash his clothes by hand. But...he didn't complain once about it. I am so proud of him for toughing it out! I will take extra long hot showers just for him! ha ha It was so great talking to him! He has changed a lot, but at the same time he's still Austin. After we got done talking to him was the hard part. No one wanted to hang up. I cried and cried after we got off the phone with him. Its going to take a while to get letters and I won't get to talk to him for a while now. This is for real...he is really gone now. Not just up in Provo. My mom kept reassuring me that he would be just fine. I replied with "Its not him I am worried about, its me". Of course he will be fine. All in all it was the best present I could have asked for to talk to him on the phone. Next to him coming back, but that won't be for a while. I truly am so proud of him for doing this and I know he is doing a wonderful thing!
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