Blou Erfporsie is die storie van 'n lewensreis wat begin met 'n twaalfjarige seuntjie wat impulsief beloof om 'n sendeling te word, as die Here tog net sy oog sal laat ophou pyn. En ’n dogtertjie wat viooltjies verkoop vir haar sendingbussie. Die storie kry momentum met 'n skip wat aan die Pondoland se kus strand tydens die Tweede Wêreld-Oorlog en Isilimela Hospitaal wat met 'n noodoperasie ingewy word.
Hierdie ware lewensverhaal van Nico en Marthé Geldenhuys, pionier mediese sendelinge, speel af teen die agtergrond van die ongetemde Wildekus van die Transkei toe die NG kerk daar begin het met mediese sendingwerk in 1940 - 1980. Dis ook hier waar 'n romantiese liefde begin blom. Dit is die storie van "Smiles" (of was dit waterige blou ogies?) en sy donkerkop bruid.
Die stryd om die werk op mediese, sowel as geestelike vlak te laat vorder, die struikelblokke, die geskiedenis van die gebied, sowel as ‘n uitbeelding van die Xhosa-gemeenskap, vorm 'n interessante deel van die beskrywings.
Dit is ook die storie van agt kinders... en 'n 94-jarige ouma wat met 'n olifant aan die hand die koerant stormloop.
Dis bowenal die verhaal van geloof in God en ‘n onwrikbare begeerte om Hom te dien, al kos dit baie opofferinge.
Blou Erfporsie (Blue Inheritance) is the life and love story of Nico and Marthé Geldenhuys. They were true pioneers in the medical missionary work of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Transkei, where they worked at Isilimela (1940 -1956) and Thafalofefe (1970 - 1976) Mission Stations. Set against the luscious backdrop of the Transkei, the Xhosa people and the beautiful sea and landscape of the Wild Coast, one of their children tells of the weal and woe of life on a mission station and of their parents' struggle to make difficult decisions in obeying God's calling.
An interval of 14 years in Paarl in the Western Cape was necessary to give their eight children a good education, but being true missionaries, they longed to be back at their true calling as doctor and nurse on a mission station.
The story ends with their retirement at Stilbaai and Nico's death in 1988. Marthé continued the good work and renewed her close relations with her big family. Today, at the age of 97 she is this family's chief intercessor. More than fifty children, grand children and great grand children are the people that were (and still are) raised with Faith, Love and Hope as children of God - a true Royal Blue Legacy.
