Refugees from Tanzania settle into life in Montana.
Bikyeombe Abwe, left, Joel Makeci Ebuela and three of their five children -- Maua Shukrani, 8, Betina Sango, 6, and Mtabi Makeci Ebuela, 12 -- perform gospel music at Holy Spirit Church in Missoula, Mont. The family arrived in the U.S. last September from a refugee camp in Tanzania.
(Christina House / For The Times)Bikyeombe Abwe and Joel Makeci Ebuela met in a refugee camp in Tanzania, where they were married and had five children. The family arrived in the U.S. last September and have settled in Missoula, Mont.
Mtabi Makeci Ebuela, 12, says hello to friends after singing with his family at Holy Spirit Church in Missoula.
(Christina House / For The Times)Heather Molloy, a family mentor, holds 3-year-old Bertha Joel Makeci at Holy Spirit Church in Missoula.
(Christina House / For The Times)Maua Shukrani, 8, is greeted by church member Charlotte Orr at Holy Spirit Church in Missoula.
(Christina House / For The Times)Six-year-old Betina Sango, left, Shadrack Mekeci, 1, and Bertha Joel Makeci, 3, hold hands as Greta Bates, the family’s mentor team leader and friend, helps Bertha with her coat at Holy Spirit Church.
(Christina House / For The Times)Clem Work, right, church member and board president for the community group Soft Landing, with Bikyeombe Abwe, center, Joel Makeci Ebuela, and 8-year-old Maua Shukrani.
(Christina House / For The Times)Bikyeombe Abwe is surrounded by her five children at home in Missoula.
(Christina House / For The Times)Maua Shukrani, 8, goes inside for dinner after playing outside the family’s apartment in Missoula.
(Christina House / For The Times)Mtabi Makeci Ebuela, 12, left, and his sisters Maua Shukrani, 8, and Betina Sango, 6, right, play outside their family’s apartment in Missoula.
(Christina House / For The Times)People watch as Mtabi Makeci Ebuela, 12, center, plays in a soccer game in Great Falls, Mont.
(Christina House / For The Times)Mtabi Makeci Ebuela, 12, center, and his team greet their opponents after a soccer game in Great Falls, Mont.
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