When my dad immigrated to Seattle from Eritrea, the Eritrean Catholic church became his new community. He goes to mass every Sunday. There, he sings in Tigrinya, his native tongue, and prays to God.
From the battlefield to the soccer field. That's the journey of 27-year-old Fitsum Habtom of Seattle. He remembers playing "street football" in a refugee camp in Sudan, where his family fled during a ...