Pete Perantonakis, known by his teammates as 'Brutus,' comes off the field during a muddy rugby match. His team won the match 24-12.

Brooke Kemper guides her horse, Thanks for the Memories, through a course on her family farm near Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Jeremy Martin runs past his A's teammates holding his gold medal after winning the North Roanoke Minor League Championship game against the Pirates.

Kristi Glakus believes God played a major factor in her being titled Miss Virginia 2005 and feels very blessed to have the opportunity.

Grant Gustin, 15 practices dance moves before the beginning of the Miss Virginia 2005 Pageant at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia on Saturday, 25 2005.

Gloria Baker lifts her head towards the sky while praying before the beginning of Sunday church service in the William Fleming High School auditorium.

Virginia National Guardsmen and Roanoke Police attempt to arrest a role-playing rioter. The officers and guardsmen were participating in a full-speed civil disturbance training exercise that “got a little more out of hand then we expected,” said an officer. Guardsmen and role-playing rioters both sustained several injuries during the full-speed drill.

Roger Bolling drinks through a straw offered by his brother-in-law, Farley Bomar. Bolling, now weighing less than 90 pounds, lost all use of his arms and legs after suffering several strokes in the past year.

The lights of night are some of the most beautiful gifts our world has to offer. We are blessed to be surrounded by them every night. “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” -Aaron Rose The Empire State building peeks from the horizon through the walls of a New Jersey Transit terminal.

Allan Montoya rides through his trailer park with a tutor that came to his home to help with homework because his parents speak no English. “Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” -Norman B. Rice

Ryan Parrish makes his way to the stage for the start of a performance by his band, Adelyn at Main Street Bar and Grille. “Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished.” -Michael Strassfeld

Men at the La Hacienda night club in Harrisonburg, Virginia make their way to the dance floor. “We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.” -Earl Nightingale

Nick Wise, a security guard for Hooker Furniture Corporation in Roanoke, takes a phone call as lights of fire trucks shine on his booth as they tend to a fire which had started earlier in the evening. “A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul.” -Plato

A couple kisses in the middle of a Boston park on New Years. “The stars are the street lights of eternity.” -Author Unknown

Fog rises around a young boy holding cords for a photographer taping a concert during the Houston Rodeo. “We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.” -Ben Sweetland

Elizabeth “Lizzy” Hall, 11, is the oldest of seven children, living with her family at a Holiday Inn in Salem, Virginia. Her parents, Chuck and Mary Hall, have moved the family around for Chuck Hall’s masonry work and whenever they felt God’s call. Lizzy has been a mother figure to her siblings, changing her first diaper when she was 5. But she dreams of a future that is very different from that of her parents, and is proud of the makeup and platform heels she wears. “Some boys think I look 13,” Lizzy says. Lizzie bends her knees as she strains to support her youngest sister Gracie, 2, in her arms. 'The first time we came here, he thought we were going to stay for a few days, and we stayed for a few months,' Lizzy said of her father.

Lizzy leans over to talk with her sister, Deborah, 10, while their mother reads a Bible story to the younger children on a pullout couch in their hotel room. “They are the well-managed kids,” housekeeper Jentry Madagan said, “The older ones look out for the younger ones.”

Chuck and Mary Hall exchange a kiss after reading scripture together before Mr. Hall leaves for a day of masonry work. Lizzy’s parents base their decisions on when and where the family will move next on where Chuck Hall can get work and on messages they say they receive from God. He is spiritually counseling a man who is supposed to be painting the family van. But because the man has procrastinated on the job, the family’s anticipated departure date has been repeatedly delayed and kept the family living in the hotel for the past three months.

Housekeeper Benda Joyner gets her nails done by Lizzy in the hotel lobby. An employee of the hotel had printed up a “Nails by Lizzie” sign that is held up by a bottle of nail polish remover. “I made $40 in an hour once,” Lizzy said, “I am saving up for clothes and my own air mattress.”

Lizzy’s sister, Deborah, watches as Lizzy hands over a $20 bill to her mother in a Burger King drive-thru in Salem to pay for hamburgers for the family. Lizzy said that her parents sometimes have to borrow money from her but they always pay her back.

Lizzy wears sunglasses she purchased from the dollar store and make-up that she wears anytime she leaves the hotel. When someone asks Lizzy how old she is, her mother replies, 'Eleven, going on 30.'

In the hotel room kitchen, Lizzy’s mother kneels down on the air mattress Lizzy shares with her youngest sister, Gracie, to say their prayers. 'Gracie's always telling me every night, 'play Mommy!'' Lizzy said.

Lizzy carries a large bag of her family’s laundry from “We B Suds” Laundromat on Melrose Avenue in Roanoke City. Lizzy says she wears her high heels because, “I want to be taller, and I think they look nice with everything.” Not having a lot of time to spend individually with their parents is a big issue for some of the older children, Mary Hall said. But she tells her children that they come from a big family, and they 'have to get used to that you don't get enough attention in a big family.'