July 27-Investigators in Alekseevka

All is still great here in Alekseevka. We are going to put Alla on date on Tuesday. She's already a better member than most. She always stays for all 3 hours, participates a lot, and reads the scriptures a lot more than we even do. She's just awesome. If she's on track and hasn't drunken any tea or beer recently, then we'll probably put her on date for the 8th. My comp also wants to baptize her 10-year old grandson on that day, and he has come to church with her and stuff, but he's only sat in on part of the 2nd lesson, so either we have to start teaching each of them individually or I think we'll push it back a little. So we'll see what happens.
But the story of this week happened when I was on a split with one of our zone leaders, Elder Ketchum from Iowa. He made a computer program that sold for $3 mil before his mission but he didn't get any of it because he was an intern. We have a lot of missionaries that have done pretty amazing things, like one already owns a business and another only has to write his dissertation to get his PHD, and a few others have done stuff like that.
We didn't have any lessons so I decided to start calling old investigators out of the area book while we were talking and getting to know each other. Elder Sutherland, my trainer, served here for only one transfer and I called this guy that they found and he said we could come over that evening. We had a really good contacting session, then went to the lesson. It was absolutely the best 1st lesson I've ever had with someone. We taught him, his wife, and they have 2 young sons. The lesson lasted 1 1/2 hours, but it didn't feel that long. They were amazing, and they definitely could be ready this time around. They asked questions that you just don't hear. They still occasionally read out of the Book of Mormon that they had, and the wife asked us "I know we can feel the Holy Ghost when I pray and read the scriptures, but is it possible to have it with you all of the time?" What?! Of course not, why would you ask such a ridiculous question? We told here it was very possible and talked about it, while also answering their other great questions. Towards the end the wife started to cry as she told us how this reminds her of how happy she was when she met with the missionaries the very first time 7 years ago. I'm so excited to meet with them again. They are such a great family, you can easily see how much they love and care about each other, and they have so much potential.