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Hey there everyone, my name is Kody Lostroh. I'm in my early twenties,
married to my high school sweetheart Candace, and live in northern
Colorado . I have 3 dogs that are my best buds, and a small herd of
bucking bred cattle. But best of all, I get to ride bulls for a living and use
it to serve God!

  I guess I'll start with a little bit about me. I grew up like any normal boy
chasing animals, building forts, climbing things, riding stuff, and exploring
everything I could. All that included going to church every now and then,
but no relationship with Jesus. I thought going to church was just
something grown-ups did because they had some extra time to burn. I had
been to church many times, but had no clue about what a relationship
with Jesus was all about.  All I knew was what I saw in religion.  A little
later in life I would find out who what a real relationship with Jesus is all
about. I got into rodeo when I was about 7 years old. I had a tape of
Cheyenne Frontier Days that I'd watch over, and over again until it was
almost worn out. I always liked the bullriding part the best. After that part
I'd go ride my dog, Maggie. (She didn't buck near as hard as the bulls at
Cheyenne .) My mom signed me up to ride steers at the Boulder County
Fair when I was 7, and I believe that was the start of Jesus calling me to
Him. I rode steers for a few years, and then started on bulls when I was 11
years old. Well when I was 13 years old, I found out about this uncle I had
that lived in Genoa , Colorado and he was putting on a rodeo bible camp
that summer. The rodeo part sounded good to me, so I went out to his
house for the summer. And that would be the summer that totally changed
the direction of my life. My uncle had a daughter that was just a little
older than me, so we hung out a bit. One day she asked me if I had ever
given my life to Jesus, and been born again. I had absolutely no clue what
she was talking about. So she explained to me that I had sinned, and
explained the consequence of sin, eternal death. Then she explained what
Jesus did to pay for my sin, and give me eternal life, he gave His life. So to
shorten this up a bit, that was the turning point. I gave my life to Jesus
that day and felt the most awesome feeling of love that I'd ever felt in my
life. And I couldn't explain it! I felt so much love from this Jesus that I
just met that it totally blew my mind! Well, that summer was great, but I
had to go back home eventually. When I got home I didn't really know
what to do, and I ended up sliding down the wrong path. I had some
friends that were dragging me down and I let them do it. I got into the
whole being "cool" thing. I was partying, drinking, doing drugs, chasing
girls, stealing, fighting, ect. Pretty much anything I wanted to do, I did. I
was sneaky enough to keep most of it away from my parents, which made
doing it that much easier. I was doing all this, and just ignoring God the
whole time. I knew that I still loved God, but I loved the world too. At
that time in my life I was completely miserable. The sin that was so fun for
a moment, was tearing me up inside. I was trying to straddle the fence,
instead of picking a side. At that point in time, I didn't really care if I lived
or died. The only thing I really enjoyed was riding bulls, and even that was
suffering because of what I was doing with my life. But God wouldn't let
satan steal me away that easy. When I was about 15 years old, He started
to bring me back to His kingdom. I got in trouble with the law, and wasn't
riding bulls very well, and was sick of being miserable. Then God
reminded me of how I felt that summer at my uncle’s house. The feeling of
peace and love and joy that came only with His presence. So I made a
choice. I was going to clean up, change, and re-dedicate my life to my
savior Jesus Christ. So I did. It wasn't an overnight process, but He helped
me cut out negative influences on my life, and directed me in the right
way. It was then when I was 16 that my wife-to-be and I started dating.
God brought Candace into my life to help me grow closer to him, and
eventually she would become my wife. She is the most beautiful, down to
earth, awesome person in the world, and I'm blessed to have someone like
her in my life.

 I started riding bulls in the PBR when I was 18, and ended up qualifying
for my first World Finals when I was 19.  Bullriding has been a huge part
of my life, but it is not who I am.  It has been a great platform that God
can use to share His love with other people, but there is so much more to
me than just bullriding.  God is doing incredible things these days and is
using a bunch of crazy bullriders to share Him with others.  The PBR and
my fellow bullriders have been my home away from home for a long time,
and we have all been able to see how God can take a person who is
completely lost, and change that mans life.  And then use him to make a
difference in this world that so desperately needs it.  God is still working in
people’s lives and performing miracles today!!!


  This has been the short story of the things leading up to this point in my
life. Since the day I gave my life to Jesus Christ. Needless to say, I've had
my ups and downs since then, but Jesus is faithful to finish the work He
started in me.  I guess I write all this just to let everyone know that there is
more to God than just religion.  Religion alone is a worthless empty shell.  
But a relationship with our Savior Jesus Christ brings life, restoration,
adventure, and a true meaningful life!


If you have any questions or would like to know about a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ, don’t hesitate to email me anytime!
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