One of the widely traveled colporteurs was Andreas Øiseth, who got the truth in 1908. One day when chopping wood at his father’s farm in the eastern part of south Norway, he was visited by a colporteur. He acquired the first volume of Millennial Dawn, at once realizing that this was the truth. Within a year he had made his decision: He would turn the farm over to his brother and start out as a colporteur.

First, Andreas Øiseth got a bike and started to work north systematically, not bypassing any town or community. He also made a “kicksled,” and this was his means of transportation during the winter. On this sled he carried all that he needed​—food, clothing and literature. When it was getting late in the day, he would start asking for a place to sleep, and, in most cases, this was granted, as at that time people were quite hospitable toward travelers.

Brother Øiseth did not turn southward until he reached Tromsø, 1,100 kilometers (684 miles) north of his home. On his way south, he worked through all the fjords, valleys and islands until reaching the southernmost part of the country. Having finished this tour, he had covered nearly all the country and had been traveling continuously for eight years!

Later Brother Øiseth worked at the Society’s office for many years, doing, among other things, translation work. Until his death in 1973, at the age of eighty-eight, he was faithfully busy in the service of God’s kingdom, telling others the good news.

In the small town of Kristiansund in west Norway, she met another Salvation Army officer, Hulda Andersen, who showed interest. (Hulda Andersen later married Andreas Øiseth, and was zealous for the truth until her death in 1971 at ninety-two years of age.)