1. Camp El Har Dallas 2012

2. What are your questions about camp?

3. YOUR Camp Questions Will it make a difference in my heart? Is the schedule too full? Will fun, faith and friendship and happiness happen? What is the overall message that we want the boys to receive from the camp? Will the boys develop a better relationship with God? Will I develop a better relationship with God? Will we get enough sleep? Will I learn about Christ in a safe and fun environment? Are we going to have confusion? What will the food be like? How can I gain the trust of my team? Why am I worried about the safety of my team? What do I do if one of my team members gets hurt? Will the campers learn discipline and respect, and grow spiritually?

4. YOUR Camp Questions Will there be adoration and confession? Will I get hurt or will my brother get hurt? Will it be fun and help me know Christ better? Will I have fun and get to know Christ better? Is it more talks or more playing? Will there be more fun and more freedom? (hopefully) How did I get here? Will I be good enough? Will I get closer to God? What inspired the leaders to have this camp? Will this camp be here next year? Will we learn more about Christ?

5. YOUR Camp Questions Why are the younger kids separated from the big kids? Will I lose something? Will I have fun? Will this camp be fun and memorable? Why are the rules and points system different among counselors? Will I come out being a man? Will I learn more about Jesus, God, ECyD, my faith, and myself? Will I have fun while being a role model for the younger kids? (TL) Will it be boring? Why don’t I have questions? Will I learn a lot? What will we do? How much closer will I grow to Christ? Will I get stung or embarrassed?

6. YOUR Camp Questions What if I get sick? Will I grow in virtue? What will I become after this camp? Will this camp improve my relationship with God? Will I become a better person to serve God? Are we going to have it again? Are we going to have a talk every day? Will I be able to make peace? What will happen to my Mom and sister while I am away? Will this camp help me prepare to become a priest? Will we get enough sleep? Will I have a good time? Will I help my kids have a great time? Will I get homesick?

7. YOUR Camp Questions When will the camp be next year so I can sign up?

8. What are your questions about God, life, yourselves, others?

9. YOUR Day 2 Questions What virtues do I need to improve on? Why in prayer do I not feel your presence, but in adoration I do? Am I doing good, bad, getting better, or getting worse? What do my family and friends really think about me? Who or what started all of suffering? Why does suffering exist around the world? The church has so many laws, so why is it so hard to keep up with them? Is my Dad in heaven, hell, or purgatory? Is my Grandpa in heaven, hell, or purgatory? Why do I feel empty inside? What are you asking of me? What are you asking of me Lord? What is my vocation? Will I go to heaven? What will I do in the future? Why did God allow suffering? Why do you get persecuted if you are Catholic? Why are the team leaders/counselors so good and nice? Will I ever see God when I am on earth? Am I a good kind? Do my friends like me like I like them? Will the world ever get rid of bad things like War?

10. YOUR Day 2 Questions Am I a good Catholic? What is it like in heaven? What does God look like? How does God hear our prayer? What person will I become? Am I to help the poor? Could I help the church? Why is there love and how does it work? How does your family love you more than your friends? How do you know when you have a friend? Why are the poor judged so differently than the rich? Will I become a priest? Will my faith in God grow as I grow older? Does this camp help me improve in life? How will I prepare for when I get older? How to be a good companion? How can we stop the corruption? How can I become closer to God? How do I know if I have a vocation? How do I know what to do when I’m under pressure? Why would someone I know suffer and not I? How can I teach others what I learned? How are people so morally blind?

11. YOUR Day 2 Questions Where will I end up and will it be where God wants me to be? If not, what would I do? Is there a God? How do we know there is a God? Do you have proof there is a God? How do we know God isn’t made up? How do we know there are not gods like zeus, the god of gods? When I grow up, what will I be like? Do I have true friends? Do people know what they’re getting themselves into? Am I living the faith to the fullest? Why does he (God) not give us more exact answers to the mysteries we have to believe in our faith? Why do people allow the world to have suffering, wars, and homeless people in the world? How can God be three persons while remaining one person? Why do my parents get stressed out about my grades? (Under title of “any subject”) What is the square root of 5,280? What would it be like if we weren’t alive? What would it be like with no family? How can I help the world? What would it be like if I changed religions? What do priest’s uniforms mean? Why did you (God) put me here?

12. Your Day 2 questions Will my friends and family always be here? Why does suffering have to happen? Will we have ice cream? Am I good enough? Am I being a good brother/friend? How can I grow stronger in my faith? Does God know whether a person is going to heaven or hell? Do I live my family and friends enough and what can I do more? Why is suffering necessary for salvation? How can I grow in faith and help my church? Will I have the strength to withstand all the temptations in life? When will I feel the calling to my vocation, to the priesthood or to marriage? Do the sufferings I offer to God make a difference to the people in purgatory? Will I be spiritually strong enough to defend my faith in life? Is God really looking out for me and providing? Does he (God) love me after all I have done against him? Will I mature to be a good husband,father, or priest? Will I be able to withstand the temptations of the devil?

13. Day 2 questions Is there a special method for making it easier to confess, and if so what is it? Why does he (God) let us suffer? Why do I have what I have? Who will I marry? Why is there sickness or the poor, etc. Why can’t everyone believe in the Catholic faith? What will happen to me in my life? How will I turn out? Will the suffering in the world ever stop? Will the church and my faith expand? Will we have ice cream?

14. Day 2 questions (DADS) Why is it that I struggle with the same spiritual issues? Am I living a life that is pleasing to you? How can I be a better example of a Christian? Why so much suffering? Why has there been the development of so called “Christian” religions that have some strange beliefs/doctrines; what are the implications? What are some of the ways that the devil tricks us? That we are unaware of? Why did God create man? What was so wrong with the world that he had to send his only Son to die for us? I’m glad about God’s presence in my life, but why does it feel like he was absent in my youth? What is more important to God, that we serve our family first or our neighbors (community)? Is God’s standard of what love is different from human standard? I understand the source of evil but I don’t understand why it feels like satan is always winning the battles on earth? My faith teaches me to love my enemies, but does that include satan and his demonic armies?

15. What are your questions about what it means to be a man; about what is true love.

16. Day 3 questions Will I be a good man when I grow up? How can I help my team to have a good time? Will we be more mature? What is a true man? How old should you be to start dating? How does it feel like being a teenager? Does life become more challenging as I grow? How do you know when you’re a man? What does it take to be a man? How is love so strong? Why do girls act differently from boys? Do girls think differently from boys? How do you know when you’re dating someone? How can you tell the difference between boyfriend and girlfriend and just friends? Do we do different questions every day at camp? What’s college like? Why do men abuse their kids and wife when they get married? Why do some girls settle for being abused and used by men? What is the right age to date? What is the right age to have a relationship? Will I be mature and not perverted?

17. Day 3 questions Will I survive to be a man? Is it to early to have a girlfriend? How come boys think wrongly when they see ‘hot’ girls? When are we old enough to date? Is there a God? How do I know if I have a vocation? How do I know what to do when I’m under pressure? Why would someone I know suffer and not I? How could I teach others what I’ve learned? Where will I end up and will it be what God want s me to be? If not, what would I do? How are people so morally blind? What are the challenges about being a grown up? Can you be scared but still loyal to qualify to be a man? Will I ever find true love? When should you start dating? Do you have to be big and strong to be a man? Why do we have to ask the girls? (and not the girls ask the boys out on dates) How do I become a better man? How do I know if it (love) is real? Is being a teenager better than be young? Is it fun to be a man? Is it hard to remain pure?

18. Day 3 questions Are girls annoying? Is dating fun? What are the other religions? Will I get a girl friend? Do girls like dating? When will I kiss a girl? How rich am I going to be? Will it be fun once I’ve grown up? How do you support a family? If your wife is not pure, do you break up with her? Do we get a movie? What if I’m not strong enough to withstand all of my temptations in my teen life? How can I show that I’m a man of God at this point in my life? What can I do with such temptations in life? How can I tell girls that I’m not interested in a relationship at this age without hurting them inside? What is the difference between a date and just taking a friend (girl) to a movie or something?

19. What are your questions about your calling in life?