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		<title>Bringing home Abeba and Selam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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				</script>So in our case, we had passed court and it took like 5 weeks to even submit our paper work to embassy, while others that we were at court with from another agency we used with our first adoption were submitted with in about 8 days. That was a little frustrating. But then the submission was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The rest of the Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little over a year ago we came home from Ethiopia with Eyob, a  little 2 year old boy that has been a blessing to our family. God had really touched our lives during that process. We had decided we needed to do something more. We started an orphan ministry at our church, in hopes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia July Court Trip Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The night before the trip (friday) we took the kids out for ice cream! &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; The next morning we said goodbye to our younger kids and sent them with their Aunt and Uncle to play with the cousins at their cottage. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; At the Airport in Milwaukee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia July Court Trip – Day 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hailey Day 7: Today was our last day so Dad picked up the girls and we first watched Rio and then we played outside and played our ball game. But we had to find a new ball since our first one popped. Then we went shopping, then we went to the zoo. Then it started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia July Court Trip – Day 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hailey Day 6: I slept in this morning. Then the girls were here and we went to the playground and arcade, which was really fun. Then we got our hair braided. It took a long time. And our hair turned out really cute. Then we went back to the hotel and then we went to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia July Court Trip – Day 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hailey Day 5: Today we went to court and then once we were done with court the girls got to stay with us for a while, which was really nice.  But when they stayed with us, we first went to their care center and saw what it was like.  We played there for a while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia July Court Trip – Day 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hailey Day 4: Today I woke up at 9 in the morning to go to the orphanage to meet my sisters. Then I met thema dn they are very nice and very huggy. Then I met their friend Gete. Then I saw that they had a playground at their orhanage and played on the teeter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia July Court Trip &#8211; Day 1-3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hailey Day 1: I mostly watched movies and since it&#8217;s a touch screen,  I played games on it like card games, checkers, bowling, and boxing.  Then we made it to Africa and I was sleepy because I never went to sleep on the plane.  I had a sweet day. Bridget Day 1: Here is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mission Trip Last Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 17:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay&#8212;well today was our last day in Ethiopia. It took me forever (hours!) to be able to Skype with Mark about what the girls were like—I so wanted to get ahold of him before we left for home—I know I would have been glued to the computer waiting in anticipation to see what they were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting the girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 20:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, of course it is hard to put in words the emotion you have when finally meeting your children…but I will try. Of course I was nervous, but actually more excited than nervous versus when we first met Eyob last year. We arrived in Adama and found a nice hotel, put our luggage in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sullivan Family of 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we are well on our way, on our way in the adoption process again, ready to be a family of 8. We are excited the kids are excited, cant wait to see what the Lord has in store for us. We our so blessed to have Eyob in our family now. Eyob is absolutely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final days in Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday we had breakfast and our driver Alazar showed up around 9:30am. Alazar is on the AWAA driver list, if your ever wanting to venture off by yourself I highly recommend him, he speaks very good english and taught us so much! We decided to just go to the Entoto Mountains. The ride up the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today I woke with the Rooster&#8217;s Crow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 03:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it is now Friday, we leave late tomorrow night. On Tuesday we went shopping prior to picking Eyob up. Bridget picked up a few things for the kids and freinds. We also ran into Robel&#8217;s Street kids that he helps out. To make money to bring home and eat, they shine shoes, sell gum, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Eyob</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 03:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well today started off early, I woke up at 3am granted it was about 8pm in Wisconsin, but I was up, no going back to sleep. Bridget tells me she woke up about every 10 minutes all night long. We started the day with breakfast in the Guest house with the rest of the group, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trip to Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 11:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well we finally made it to Addis Ababa Ethiopia, It was quite the trip. We started in Milwaukee, WI just Bridget and myself with 4 carry-on&#8217;s and 11 checked pieces which contained mostly donations for the orphanages. We tried to get Delta to donate the extra baggage cost to no avail, so we thank Bridget&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Those that want to donate&#8211;here is your chance.</title>
		<link>http://www.sullivanindy.com/those-that-want-to-donate-here-is-your-chance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the list of donations that we are collecting when we travel to Ethiopia.  You will be able to view what we are collecting, where it is going or if you want to send in money for us to take to shop here, or to boost the economy in Ethiopia&#8211;just designate your preference.  Thank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our New Son, Eyob Demelash Sullivan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally!!!!!!!! Eyob is officially ours!!! It is such a hit and miss roller coaster, power outages, documents not provided, agencies taking extra days off for holidays&#8230; anything can just cause the judge to postpone and say next.. We never know why these things come up and get postponed but I am sure there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This should be the week!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday was court date #4 and although MOWA seemed to write all the letters last week, they must have ran out of gas on Friday when it came to ours and another families, The good news is they did not close the case and issue a new court date this time! The judge has everything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A poem a friend wrote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This poem was written by my neighbor and friend Kaydi. We sent it with a care package with the Beal&#8217;s and I just watched the video of her reading it to our son in Ethiopia. Seems like the word &#8220;Wow&#8221; is all I seem to come up with lately.. Tonight, my moon is really your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Adoption Journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, About a year ago we ventured into a journey to adopt from Ethiopia. Since then we have through several background checks, home studies, classes, and too much paperwork to list. Thanks to my beautiful and very organized wife, we whizzed right through all the tasks. We received our referral for a 1/12 year old [...]]]></description>
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