Austin served in the US Navy as a Sonar Technician aboard Submarines. As a young veteran, unsaved, he moved to Panama City to be near his ailing mother as she fought a losing battle with lung cancer. Her loss was one of several others during a period when He was faced with his own wickedness and hopelessness. During this period of great breaking, The Lord Jesus Christ granted him repentance, faith, and transformed a prideful and perverse drunkard into a witness of the cross of Christ.

Today by God's redeeming grace, Austin is the husband of Britney and the father of three children. He labors as a local pastor, preacher, and is heavily involved in foreign missions work as the Executive VP of FirstLove Ministries.