Initiate process via SOAP

Hi all.
I initiate an instance of process via SOAP (Axis2) the first one works fine
but the rest throws exception.
When I restart the server(in JDev) the same scenario occurs
08/02/02 16:52:51 org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: java.lang.NullPointerException
08/02/02 16:52:51      at org.apache.axis2.util.Utils.getInboundFaultFromMessageContext(Utils.java:486)
08/02/02 16:52:51      at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.handleResponse(OutInAxisOperation.java:343)
08/02/02 16:52:51      at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.send(OutInAxisOperation.java:389)
08/02/02 16:52:51      at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.executeImpl(OutInAxisOperation.java:211)
08/02/02 16:52:51      at org.apache.axis2.client.OperationClient.execute(OperationClient.java:163)

This sounds very similar to how my BPEL process behaves. I'm unable to post XML input into the "XML Source" region of the initiate screen unless the input is properly wrapped in the respective message type element.
Make sure your invoking client code is wrapping the input properly with the message type XML elements.

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>>> Can anyone let me know how to receive the above message? What setup do i need to do?
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http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/16/sdngpgroup001bt5.jpg
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http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2006/sdngpgroup002xy3.jpg
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