mike mains

My name is Mike Mains and I gave my life to Christ when I was 27 years old. I finally figured out by then, that I could not do this thing called life on my own and surrendered to the Savior. I have been married to my high school sweetheart, Willisa Redford, together we are raising 4 wonderful children: Alex, Josh, Liz and Zhen. I have been actively involved in youth ministry for more than 15 years and Upward for many years as well.

I began playing the guitar in the third grade, learning chords and strumming. After having set the guitar down for several years I went on a spiritual retreat called the Walk to Emmaus, the weekend and the Christian music on that weekend touched me so much I asked for a guitar that Christmas. That was 1997. Since then I've played and sang at High School youth group meetings, church camps, weekend retreats, mission trips and of course was one of the original members of GZUSLIVZ.