To Haiti, With Love

Susan Rogers doesn’t know exactly what she will discover when she visits Haiti in October.

But she suspects one thing will happen: She will want to take some of the children home.

Rogers is fulfilling a long-time dream this fall by visiting Haiti and bringing love, comfort and faith to the children there.

“I want them to know that someone loves them, someone cares for them,’’ she said.

She will be making the trip through Mission E4, a mission affiliated with her church, Triumphant Life in Worcester.

In previous years, family commitments kept her from making the trip. But now that her children are older, the time is right, she said.

She will spend eight days in a girls’ orphanage, where the majority of the girls are 10 and younger.

That’s a perfect fit for Rogers, who says she is “much better with kids than adults.’’

The suffering there is staggering, she said. Babies die because they do not have access to Tynelol, she said, and similar “things we take for granted.’’

She suspects she will receive a refreshing dose of perspective from meeting people who have been through so much, yet maintain an upbeat, resilient outlook.

“They’re living in a hut with a cement floor _ they’re lucky if they have a cement floor _ or a dirt floor, and they’re happy,’’ she said.

For more information, visit www.missione4.com. Donations can be made to Rogers, who is paying her own way, at the Treasurer-Collector’s office at the r, where she works.