Sends a text message to a configuration conf containing the message
        in the message paramter

def send_sms(self, message, to, sender='elkme', options=[]):
        """Sends a text message to a configuration conf containing the message
        in the message paramter"""
        sms = self.format_sms_payload(message=message,
            to=to,
            sender=sender,
            options=options)
        return self.query_api(sms)