spandita called
automat76 while I was at her place and we got to speak to him for a bit. Luckily her phone was finally back in service. We got cut off while I was talking to him, but I assume it was either her phone, his, or the phone card. But twas lovely to hear his voice and know all is well. :-)
Am still working on how to get a text message to go through to Spain. Anyone with AT&T wireless wanna share that info with me?