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	<description>Following Christ, Serving God and Loving Others</description>
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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>Whats it all about Mark?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not about me. It&#8217;s not about what can I get out of this. Its not about trying to force my cultural views. Its not about trying to be a hero. Its about following what God puts on my heart. It&#8217;s about Sacrifice. Its about Love. It&#8217;s about Hope. It&#8217;s about, just one life lifted [...]]]></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>Africa Mission Trip Day 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, our last day “officially” with the team. We went to help with a feeding program in the city. It was lines of men mostly&#8212;some were disabled, some old, some young—a couple of kids. We walked in and at first, we were quite in the way—not knowing what to do and some of us crowded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Mission Trip Day 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 14:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning we had an early start, being ready at 8:30 to help take babies to the dr. We were warned that the new babies were very tiny. So we went to gather 8 babies to go to the dr—some for check ups, some sick and 3 were new babies. We had to get bottles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Mission Trip Day 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 00:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning we went out to help with the Sunday School program they do with the kids that are involved in church….and yes, it is Saturday.  The adults go to church onSunday there.  We read bible stories to them and then did a cross craft project (similar to what the kids did Easter Sunday) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Mission Trip Day 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 14:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we woke up early, to be ready to go at 6am for our ride out to the boarding school where the sponsored Korah kids go to school—Shashamane.  Well, lets just say a 3 hr ride took 5 hrs&#8230;but we did stop for breakfast.  Getting to see the countryside was really nice—beautiful little towns, donkeys, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Mission Trip Day 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 14:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We slept in a bit today and then headed out to Enoto mountain.  We saw the same church Mark, Eyob and I were at—and saw the women carrying their heavy load of branches down the mountain.     So it was kind of weird to be in the same place at about the same time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Mission Trip Day 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 14:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK—so today we started out our day splitting up a couple of us—some people really feeling called to help Ashli at her place—so maybe 5-6 people went there and the rest of us went to go see who “Jimmy” was and what his story was.  Up until this point, it was kind of a running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Mission Trip Day 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 14:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning we went to Kidane Mehret.  This is an orphanage that was started in early 1900’s by nuns from Malta.  It was a nice property with many buildings.  We were even able to  tour the church there&#8212;which was gorgeous with the marble pillars and alter, crystal chandelier and stained glass windows.  In true Ethiopian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Mission Trip Day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 14:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we went to Korah today.  It was kind of surreal, seeing as I have heard so much about this place, but have never been. We went into Great Hope Ministries when we got there—and many of us were greeted with these sweet little hands and hugs and kisses.  There were a couple of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Mission Trip Day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 13:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well—today was exhausting.  We got off the plane around 8ish in the morning…stood in line for our visas—and then quickly off to the parking lot to attempt to load all 23 of us and ALL of our luggage into three little vans.  One van was just for luggage and the other 2 were for people [...]]]></description>
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