Congolese refugees share their joys, foibles and discoveriesCongolese refugees share their joys, foibles and discoveries

KIM BRIGGEMAN

Missoulian

MISSOULA (AP) — Gilbert Hategeka laughed as he told the story of himself.

The heating unit in his new home in Missoula was quiet when Hategeka, his wife and their four young sons moved in after spending most of the previous 18 years in a refugee camp in Uganda.

“I saw the heater but it wasn’t on, wasn’t working,” Hategeka said through a Swahili-speaking interpreter. “After about five days it just turned on and started vibrating. It vibrated the whole house.”

Hategeka did what he and his wife, Chantal Nyiramanza, are schooled to do in case of emerge...