English is a difficult language to learn, and these immigrants know how important it is to be fluent. They attend ESL classes at least twice a week, after working all day. - - Donna Poisl
by LARRY ELL, Staff Writer
LEESBURG -- Welner Velasquez builds things for others during the day. At night, he's building something for himself -- a better future.
Twice, and sometimes three times a week, the 24-year-old construction worker goes to school to learn English. He's attending free classes held at St. Paul's Catholic Church with a modest, but important, goal for himself and his family.
"If I learn English, maybe I find a better job," Velasquez said.
He also has his wife taking the class with him. They are part of a grassroots effort in Leesburg and Wildwood to teach English to adult immigrants.
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