Hello! Welcome to a short summary of Kiana Yingst. I was born in Waukegan, Illinois in 1993 making me 23 years old, where I lived up until 4th grade, when we moved to Florida. I went to college in Fort Myers for three years, before moving back to my native Pensacola to finish my Bachelors in Art and a Minor in Education this December. The people I get to call my parents and sibling are:
My mama (Sherri) who is an inspiration to all who know her, spiritually in tune with our Creator, and lives each day ministering to people. She is humble, kind, generous, compassionate, passionate, caring, a bulldog, a leader and to me a most wonderful mom!
My faja (Kreg) who is an amazing linocut artist and an intellectual, he is wise, calm, gentle, funny, passionate, a leader, thoughtful, and everything anyone could want in a dad!
Interests:I think I might just love being in love with everything.
Ocean
Stars
Mountains
Fields of flowers
Playing instruments
Photography
Creating art
Biking
Swimming
Tennis
Eating donuts
Looking at art
Listening to music
Animals
Art history
Playing games with kids
Holding babies
Longboarding
Attempting to surf
Rearranging my room
Reading the back covers of books at Barnes and Nobles
There are so many things I enjoy but I can’t say I’ve found my “calling”. The only way to answer who I am in all honesty and conviction is to say that I am a child of God and that’s my identity and that’s enough. My heart is to see the unseen, and if you find that in a job description I want it! According to Myers Briggs, my personality test came out to be an INFJ, also called “The Advocate”. To read about INFJ’s or find your personality, click HERE . I found this test to be scary accurate.
A highlight of my spiritual journey: (I will go with the first life altering one)
I prayed a prayer, at a young age in a spare room of our house accepting Jesus into my heart because the one my parents talked about I knew was alive and Good. I continued throughout my adolescence praying to God, asking Him to intervene, asking Him for help. But really that’s all our ‘relationship’ was. I did not see God as ALL I need, but an addition. I was sitting at some conference I can’t remember the name of, witnessing people around me who seemed to have it all figured out, who were so passionate about God, and I was wondering to myself… If i’m a christian too, then why am I not like that? During a weekday morning at the conference, I was standing in the church, merely people watching, when I heard God ever so softly say “I love you.” And I started to sob. After hearing that God loves you for your entire life, you’d think this moment would have happened sooner… but up till then I just didn’t connect it that: He. Loved. Me. Period. Simple and to the point. I wasn’t doing anything in that moment to earn love, I wasn’t even doing anything.. And Jesus lifted this cloud of haze. To know my Father loves me is all I will ever need in my life, and each moment He reminds me of this is a highlight in my spiritual journey. He has used people to remind me, He has used blessings to remind me, He has used the earth and nature itself to remind me, and He has given me glimpses of Himself that cause me to simply want to love Him back, and serve Him with all I am.
Thanks for getting to know a bit about me!
