Makena Njeri shares her journey of forgiveness || Unscripted with Grace
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- From pain to purpose. Christine Makena shares her journey of forgiveness.
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"The children don't want to see there mother protecting them,they want to see there mother happy". Very true makena
Thank you for being a gentle host. You allowed her to tell her story, without sensationalizing it or adding on expressions of shock as other hosts have done. You quietly and gently guided her through, stopping non intrusively when she needed a break & encouraging her to go deeper in the story. Thank you for bringing on such a powerful story of strength and forgiveness.
Sheila Ngumi-Mbugua I agree
Who am I to judge her sexuality choice.. Be strong Makena❤
Dear Makena,
I am really sorry for everything you had to go through. I am your friend from home and I feel so bad that I looked at you those days and I never understood you. I really would have wanted to know more about you but you were older and I thought.. maybe it was just the age difference.. You never really made friends as much with people even in church. You led us through the youth services.. But now that I know this, everything adds up. Everything. I am so sorry. I wish I knew better I would have visited you..let you sleep at our home even. Just know that our home is your home if you ever feel the need to bring back the good beautiful memories. You are a strong woman Christine. You are a very strong woman. You deserve nothing but all the happiness you ever missed out on. The love.. Everything. You deserve it all Makesh.
Thank you Christine, Thank you for sharing to some of us it's still hard to come out and share. I totally relate to your story. My dad was diagnosed wit HIV back in 2000 though he was not violent but promiscuous and passed on a year later. I was in class 4 when he passed on and I really didn't understand what was happening. In shags at school other people could mock me and laugh at me and I even hated going to school. Mum could also not face me and tell me that she was also sick though she could go for monthly clinics.A year later I found a document in mum's handbag which had her Hiv status written on. And every day I was scared that I will lose her. I was afraid that when I go to school she will be dead by the time I came back. That made me to cherish every moment with her and remind her to take her meds and to eat a balanced diet even though it was not always available. But thank God because she is a strong woman and He Has kept her so far. fast forward years later and she is still alive and healthy and she even has held my son her grandchild and I can't wait to see what God has still in store for her bcoz He is not yet done with her.
Hugs darling 🤗😘😙
God is faithful in all situations. Glory to Him for preserving your mother all this while. Long live your mama
Long live your mama.
Long live your mama
Wow ! I love your faith. God is still not yet done with her... for sure we serve a true God who is full of Grace and mercy.
Your mum was my English teacher for 4 good years, she was such a great and strong woman, my heart hurts to hear she was going through hell back at home and she still managed to handle it to an extend that we always saw a happy ,jovial teacher in her! Your my heroine madam,continue resting with Angels Maa 🙏🙏As for you Tinah,God got you🙏❣❣
Nzungo Junior
Hugs dear one.... My dad was abusive too to my mom and we grew in a very tough home... I hated life cz my mom never talked abt it... I wish msalame i will one day stand and speak my story
Same it applies to we..yenye tulipitia Ni mungu TU..our mom could never talk.
I relate to this story only God knows
I'm so sorry about that. Be strong. God bless you.
2 years later, I am not sure anyone can watch this and not cry while at it!! Sending Makena lots of love.
Ooh Lord Jesus!!!! This is the Makena woiiiii after such a testimony, may be she never healed from inside. Lord have mercy 😭😭😭😭
My mum should watch this and finally she might leave
I wish it was very easy to move out.
@@sharonkoech6008....at times the difficult moments that one might go through are better than staying around the abusive environment.....due to that environment i cannot stomach men and i don't know how to argue
I hope she does please, if she doesn't she might end up like my mom right now! My family is currently going through the worst of WORST
Thanks Christine fr sharing such a powerful story, may you find peace that this world has never known from our God in heaven
I cannot believe that I shared so much with Njeri in high school and apparently,we went through the exact same thing,but never told each other. Thanks Njeri.
went to High School with Christine. she was always so jovial I am shocked she was going through all this. I pray she finds peace my dear.
I remember Mrs Mureithi..May she continue resting well
naomy carole yeah she loved visiting her in school. she liked interacting with students also. may she RIP
I knew their Dad..and honestly he wasn't a good man
Gloria Achieng ah I did not know him. like i said she used to mask things so well
@@missdee5718 i knew the family in 2012..i was renting near their home
Story of my Life 😥. I thank God my mum is alive, even though she is hypertensive with one kidney. Thanks Makena, you're a strong woman 💝
She is so eloquent👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️strength is a part of you mamii❤️❤️❤️
Ghai i have cried like never before...this lady is strong and beautiful.
Your mum was my friend and I remember your mum bringing you to Sunday School where I happened to be your teacher. Listening to your story has kind of unearthed my childhood trauma, suffering, pain and depression which I have managed to cover for nearly 5 decades. I wish I could physically hug you but I will definitely look out for you my daughter. Love you and am super proud of you. You are ballsy and have a beautiful, loving and kind soul. ❤️❤️❤️.
Saw makena trending on twitter. After watching this, I swear I will Never judge anyone
Have never watched the Unscripted with Msalame but this one, couldn't miss it. Had to listen to this lady and how I wish everyone woman going thro domestic violence can run away for her safety and peace of the children
You are such a strong woman, all the best in your awareness campaign siz🙏
Wow wow.... Makena my the Lord give you more grace as you serve him in every capacity in your life.. I loved the story
I constantly blamed myself for saying enough is enough of promiscuous marriage, but after listening to your story, i'm so glad i made that decision.
My kids went through a difficult transition but i can gladly say they're happy, healed and no longer traumatised.
Never judge ...every person has a story to tell ..
Now I know 😢
Sure I agree with you
My siblings and I went through similar childhood. I still wake up scared whenever I hear loud voices and banging sounds coz that's what would wake me up as a child. The loud bangs my dad beating my mum...the screams...her blood shot eyes the following morning....Oh Lord😢 there's no healing from this.
@Miss Mumbi hugs
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Who is cutting onions here?
I kinda know how domestic violence feel..ours was the type when he sneezes you all hide under the bed..
I see pple laughing with their dads and am like...🤔what funny?
We can talk like once an year..and that's when need be..
May God heal ur soul.🙏
Oh my God mine too. Sisi kwanza tunaenda kujificha kwa forest
Thank you Christine for sharing your story. It so mirrors my own. My dad was a raving alcoholic who beat up my mum from the earliest I could remember. My childhood was a nightmarish one, because any time my father came our mum would definitely take a hit and I was afraid that one day he would kill her. My dad died when I was nine, and on his death certificate the cause of death was listed as HIV. That is when I definitely new that mummy had it as well. So here's the ting, I had spent the past years of my life telling my mother to leave, that we would be alright, that she needs to get away from this monster, but then here he is, dead, and having left mother with a monstrous illness. It took another 5 years for my mother to get on medication, I think she was in denial. Even then, she would skip her meds especially each time she attended these apolistic churches whose pastors would tell her to have faith and she would be healed. So she basically spent her whole life thereafter in hospital. When I was in highschool, I was in a boarding school,and my constant prayer every single night was that he keeps my mum alive and happy. Thank God because she lived for 16 years after my father passed on. On the day that we buried her, neighbours passing by cruelly called our home 'Mucii wa mukingo' meaning 'the home where AIDS reigns'. I wondered if that is what my mums life entailed, constantly hearing endless, cruel gossip about your condition, which your own husband brought to her. Anyway, I have still not forgiven my dad. He is long dead and here I am, very angry at him. May mum's soul rest in peace.
This is me right now! Am so maaad at God!
Hugs dea.shrug off the.naysayers
My parents divorced five years ago . This got me into depression since I kept it to myself ... Never thought about going through counselling since I was still young and didn't know much about life until mid last year when I broke down and finally went through counselling for three months.... I poured out everything that was weighing me down and the healing process commenced. Today I have a support group which I started early this year in Multimedia University of Kenya ... I reach out to students from broken homes and those who have been through abusive relationships. I encourage everyone going through depression to speak up... Don't die in silence
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Talking about it is the first step of healing Christine Makena, be blessed🙏.. my neighbour - Thindigua
Psychologist
@@michaelheery7427 No! Have been there...
@@sandrawanjiku9551 o h i am a kikuyu..
@@michaelheery7427 YOU ARE A NARCISSIST! DESPICABLE MAN ALIVE! GO TO HELL
thanks for sharing your story its so relatable to my life but listening to you Has changed my view of some things
Never cried this much... thank you Makena for sharing your story. 😭😭💔
This is so sad, you are such a strong woman. May God be with you through this journey.
Never stay in an abusive marriage for the children,you hurt them some more.
easier said than done. we often forget that a mother (or father, depending on who is being abused) will want to protect you because they fear what the abuser will do to the children. some abusers actually threaten to kill the kids. its such a tricky thing tbh! such a sad story but i hope the system can be tuned to EFFECTIVELY work for victims of domestic abuse. esp in our culture
I agry
@@simplymyra3162 leave with your kids. Do not leave them behind.
Some men are evil if u leave they take the kids or threaten to follow and kill u
This is what am gonna do😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭and when am strong enough I will be back to say something one day
Hugs Makena((((((()))))))))))..I hope this story talks to all of us, mothers especially, in a deep way. That the best gift we can give to our kids is NOT a father, but a happy, violence-free relationship with that father figure.
Very deep story Makena. Thanks for sharing and well done Grace for bringing us her story.
Never judge anyone without digging deeper to their story 😢😢😢😢😢😢u are strong gal makena😢
I have cried watching this, but I thank God for your courage Makena. May God continue you to heal you and make you whole and use you to be a voice of hope, faith and encouragement to children and people going through what you went through. Women indeed do go through a lot
This is so heartbreaking... I pray you get the strength to heal and this is a lesson to all women, as soon as it gets violent, get out.
She's such a strong young lady.. I admire your courage Makena. Bless you
There is a program called ACA or Adult Children of Alcoholics. I saw something about it online. It helps people who grew up in homes where there was alcoholism or some form of traumatizing experience. Some childhood trauma affects people for long periods of time even upto adulthood
Wao........Makena thank you so much sharing your story women has to say no to domestic violence.......and " its ok not to be ok " continue when low speak to someone congrats.......
I feel you, being the first born I went through the same n I hated my father todate. I remember one day he threw a jembe at my mum in my presence
I hope you find peace within you. Hugs Ann
My same situation to date
Makena, I admire your courage and cried listening to your story. May God hold your hand, surround you with His amazing grace as you become a voice to the voiceless.
Thank you for sharing your story....I can relate...I cried a river😢😓
This sounds like the story of my life, wow!.....I would love to hear more from families that speak out about these issues and how we can come together to help kids affected / infected by HIV. Please Christine Makena, start a You Tube channel and let these stories be heard. Families are struggling out here
That is me I played a role of a mother when I was supposed to be a child. Am in the process of forgiving my parents and trying to work out my relationship with them.
My heart goes out to Makena and you are strong and will move up to success and happiness purpose
Never cried this much,May God give her peace that surpasses all human understanding
My God, this is excruciating! May God give you peace. This is too much 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭
The interviewer is 1st off very beautiful and very professional. we got to listen without interuption and unecessary questions. As for Christine, keep the candle burning sister.
so true
This is so powerful. May God guide you as you go about your purpose. I can relate to your story so so much having gone through a similar ordeal growing up. Hugs Makena
To every woman out there in an abusive relationship plagued with infidelity. Run very fast. You could be courting death in the name of love and submission.
Already out
It takes Jesus to help us move on from the pains of what our parents do or did to us.... Healing is a process....am happy you decided to take this step to want to forgive and heal completely....many are beautiful in the outside but broken in the inside may God help you heal completely.....you shared part of my story but God will heal you keep trusting in Him
Am so happy to hear you say you prayed to God...may that God never leave you Makena
Have cried listening to u Makena.... Ur a strong woman.... Thx for sharing.......
It is really emotional and touching.I pray that you get through the therapy and be well.Continue with your purpose girl💪🏽
I was in abusive relationship from the 3rd month of marriage to up to until my son was 2 n half years, I moved on and I thank God I healed. Your story is sad
Am happy for you! You're strong
Sometimes I feel I denied my kids a chance to grow up with a father but am encouraged to have made the right choice.
Linet Nyambura,all that is needed is HAPPINESS. Nothing more.Kids are forever innocent and when denied their happiness then that leads to what Makena is facing today.
You made the best choice. Thank you on their behalf
so touching i thank God went through terrible life with my two little kids but I said enough is enough although is not easy to forgive and to have another relationship its takes tym according to how someone suffered I decided to raise my kids with God everthing is possible now thy are teens
Oh wow... I'm just speechless. Makena, strong and beautiful.
God bless you abundantly
Sad. Av been struggling to forgive, at some point I get depressed but listening to your story today am encouraged
Sailing in the same boat
Makena thank you for your courage. You have touched on an extremely painful subject in Kenya. May we men be wiser and learn to walk away from any form of violence and treat our wives and children with love.
This story brings back very painful memories ........My mom is a past tense after severely battling with hypertension and a heart condition, effects of an abusive marriage....
Hugs 🤗🤗
My mom is currently battling hypertension and diabetes! She already has lost a leg! Her husband is still also abusive there's nothing I can do because am battling child hood trauma am a first born of my siblings and I was abused along her, he always told me am not his kid! Threw me out thousand times in cold mosquito bites! He would chase me to the forest mind you we lived close to Athi river which was full of hippos! I would sleep in neighbours homes etc! Sometimes I wonder why? I have to buy her diet food and medication and educate my younger brothers because that her husband doesn't care anymore.....he used to cheat on her as well! I just don't believe some things aki
Hugs gal,it's sad
same here, and I so struggle with relationships with men, sorry dear
This is soo amazing makena ,we see people trending and we don't know what's part of their story they have or what they have gone through its such an inspiration story .God bless you and may you completely heal from this and God give you strength for ur organization to run well.
Thank you soo much Makena your story is inspiring and motivational..God bless you to achieve all you
Thank you for sharing it's the first healing. Hugs mummy😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
My God 💔💔💔 sending you lots of hugs and sunshine Makena. You are a beautiful warrior 💚
Christine I don't know you in person but my heart breaks listening to what you had to go through. I thank you for sharing your life story which must have touched many lives but most importantly spoken to many people in hurting relationships that they should not be in.
This interview made me cry because me and my sisters went through the same thing, especially on the brutality of the father and moving more than 15 times, why are some men like this?? i swore to be the best father my kids will ever get.
Sorry for your experience. May God heal you
This is narcissism... Narcissitic personality disorder... RUclips it.... You'll be surprised at what you'll find. Its an epidemic!
Your children will be happy to have you for a father
Kafukuswi,
You are a very strong woman Christine, you have spoken for so many and given hope and courage to all in different situations in life and I wanna thank you for that dear, for Grace to start this show l'd say she is heaven sent thank you so much as well. By the Grace of God may your campaign be a success in so many ways I wish you well.God bless🙌
Waaah, Christine my childhood friend and Geofrey my classmate....victonel academy. God bless you my friends
When we were kids, we all admired this family. They looked beautiful. It breaks my heart to hear what the family has gone through. This story reaffirms that we need to do better, we need to be better. I have quickly realised that the world doesn’t want to be fixed, and more so by us. The world asks of us to fix ourselves, to check ourselves and our intentions because most of us reek of toxicity, greed and unkindness and we are drowning this world.
So maybe this world is just fine...we are the ones bleeding it out.
"So may be this world is just fine...we are the ones bleeding it out"
Awesome!
Wow...so damn true!
Absolutely true
Gerald Malik deep!! Love the wisdom and truth herein💜
I work with victim of domestic violence, and the mother came back in this case because of her children. He knew that if got the children this would make the mother come back to him and he used this. Fortunately, where I work we have support and resources to enable victims of domestic violence to leave safely and we work with all professionals working with the children. In this case, the schools would not have allowed him to pick the children as they were made aware of what has been happening.
Domestic violence impacts on the children emotionally, psychologically, socially and they can be victims themselves of violence. It’s important that the non abusing parent try not to expose her children to violence. I have seen how living with domestic violence affect children in a negative way.
May Our God Lord See you through Christine. You are such an encouragement to many God bless you Mighty.
I struggled with, "I love you mom but I don't want you to be my mom"
Wow! I thank God for her and her journey...greatness awaits her for sure!
I went through the same growing up my dad beat my mom so much then he stopped drinking when I was 18 then because of Kenyan culture everything is swept under the rug but it came to affect me as a 30 something old woman depression, couldn’t keep a relationship with men. Thank God my hubby found me and loved me through this I get so sad sometimes and anxiety attacks but one day at a time . I moved to the US and honestly forgot about my family. Especially my dad. Yes women leave abusive husbands. And my mom always said she stayed because of us kids doesn’t make sense
....exactly my story, though for me I have never gotten married, anxiety attacks that's so real
Cyber hugs to you Makena😫💜🙌
Wow what a story Makena. Couldnt hold my tears. May the lord help you to heal completely. Big
Up for the campain am sure it will help thousands suffering quietly.
My neighbour and friend Christine, Mrs Mureithi's kids... Remember the moments with you and Kim at Mrs. Mutuas place... I rem meeting you in the lift and felt your situation... Much love sister .
U made me shed tears may God give you streghth
mi too so emotional
Makena you are a very strong woman thanks for sharing this its touching may God give you more Grace to encourage and uplift people's life. Be blessed.
I now know why she hates men and that's why i don't judge
i also understand why😔
Judy Wairimu People ALWAYS have a story, you never know.
Thank you so much for sharing Makena. God bless you!
We used to hide all the knives, folks and any object that my dad could use to kill our mum. We would wake up in the middle of the night to our mum struggling to breath cause my dad was choking her and we would fight her free and later he would bust into tears. I hope this story is a wake up call to the lie the society whispers to women that mwanamke ni kuvumilia or a woman should hide the uglies going on in the families or worse yet that they need to stay for their children.
We hear africa men are very cruel to their woman . A magistrate told me.
😢 Pole
So sorry
Michael Heery, that's a lie there are abusive men and loving men all over the world. My husband is a pure African and he treats me with so much love and respect. We have been married for 13 years.When am exhausted he cooks for me, makes me healthy drinks and when he is not going to work he is the one who watches the children and changes diapers so I get to rest. I have been a stay at home mom for all those years, taking care of my husband and children. He has provided all our basic needs and luxury. Nothing have we ever lacked. He is the most gentle human I know in the whole world. On the other hand, my mother is the one who abused me thoroughly and neglected me. She never ever even bought me one pack of sanitary towels and she had money. I had to be given like like a pauper in boarding school and that is just a tip of the iceberg. She is still a narcissistic person to date.
@@lizw1493 you're right dear
Watching this in Nov 2020 and I can't stop the tears from flowing 😭. I love you more now Makena.
Ooooh Makena!! May God use you to shine a light in others! Hugs
This is so emotional christine , we were in the same tuition with u, we did interact after high sch n u looked ok .am so sorry u did go thru this ,u r so strong wish u all the best
How can I reach this lady Christine Makena, I need to talk to her please
I am listening to this and I relate completely. Constanly I've been saying just like you "I love you dad, but from far, I dont want you here or near us". And just like you, when I hear the sound of gates or doors opening when I am asleep, all my sleep goes away
Woow you are so strong thank you for sharing
What a story....God is turning back the hearts of sons to their fathers.May God heal Christine totally and may she spread good news of Fatherhood.
Thnx christine for shairing, I totally needed this
We share almost the same life story Christine. Me and my sister we received thorough beating daily. We got used to and became our life
Oh my goodness..this is a harrowing story. So sorry about the pain you underwent Christine. May God give you complete healing dear. So so sorry....couldn't help crying..
hugs and more love to you Makena..you are strong and amaizing....
Looking at you,one cannot know what you went through Christine. You are amazing and also very beautiful.Take heart and now that you've found your purpose,I hope that you'll change as many lives as possible.
My story is almost the same as yours
and I'm hoping that one day we can meet so that I share it with you.
Mine too
Mine too😥😥am soo broken
waoh makena ur a strong woman for sure even having the courage to share ur story may God bless u n grant u his grace .
😓😓😢😢 I can relate all these..am so sorry Christine... With time I have learnt to forgive and to love my Dad.. Though the trauma he caused us as his own kids go through still hurts.
Yes, even with my great job at US Embassy I wasn’t financially able so I thought I wanted my kids to continue having that comfortable life in Golden Gate, I was taking them to Riara and Aga Khan Academy! Then I get a work related Green Card and relocated to Washington DC!
After going to night school earned a Diploma in IT and then under graduate through online studies, then MBA and the US Embassy kept my hope alive and kept promoting me in Kenya! In the US, the Americans my former colleagues white and black really have been my SUPPORT system!
Yes PTSD is real and domestic violence in Kenya is very real and the stuff women go through in abusive families is very REAL! Am so sorry Makena for your ordeals!
Am so sorry about your mom! It’s very hard to leave, if my ex didn’t leave I WOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT!
Thank you Christine for sharing your story. God bless you 🙏🙏