There are many things, mostly spiritual, that Jesus promised his disciples, but I suppose the greatest thing was the baptisim of the Holy Ghost, (Acts 1.4,5)
i'm pretty sure they all had something to do before Jesus asked them to be his disciples.
Jesus two first disciples were the two brothers Andrew and Simon, later called Peter.
No, Lent is a creation of man. Jesus told his disciples to observe two things, baptism and breaking of bread.
emmaus
in Jerusalem
The two brothers Andrew and peter were the first disciples of Jesus.
Jesus appeared to the disciples in the room, he also met two disciples on the road to Ema mus.
john, james
Jesus was crucified alongside two other criminals, he was treated as a criminal. The disciples of jesus were not crucified.
The two things the disciples did were baptize and evanaglise the people.
On the road to Emmaus
James is son of Judas and Matthias