Nikolaus Mehl

Celebrating his life

Nikolaus spent his happiest hours outdoors, at ease among the animals he loved — here, hand-feeding kudu in the bush, exactly as those who knew him best would picture him.

Computers were his other great love, and one that never let up. He got his first computer at eight years old, taught himself to program, and never looked back — still to be found at 4am teaching himself a new language or framework, simply because he could.

What made it complete was combining the two things he cared about most: using computers to serve Jehovah, on Bethel's Programming team. Outside of that, it was Jehovah and family, always.