Elishaba is the eldest daughter of the infamous "Papa Pilgrim," a man who raped Elishaba and abused her other 14 siblings in the wilderness of New Mexico and Alaska for a decade. Elishaba goes in depth of how she was able to forgive her father of what most would consider unforgivable, and how she continues to be a follower of Jesus when Christianity was used by her father as a tool to keep his family under his thumb. In 2022 she released a book "Out of the Wilderness: Escaping My Father's Prison and My Journey to Forgiveness" which tells her story, and she discusses the challenges from her siblings not wanting the book published as the wickedness of her father are still having ripple effects today even though he died in prison years ago. Elishaba has recently defeated stage 4 brain cancer, and went through a nasty divorce. She discusses her ongoing pursuit of forgiveness while grappling with the hurt she continues to endure.
Check out Elishaba's website:
www.outofthewildernessbook.com
Contact the show at tysalaska@gmail.com
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Music was created by Isaac Bedingfield