May 30, 2025 • 12 mins
Brother ha2tim drops a raw and real emergency update about the collapse of his long-planned family trip to Ghana. From passport delays to visa silence, it's a journey filled with frustration, deep reflection, and a call for change. Tune in for lessons learned and what's next for the No Frills journey.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Man, this is brother Hot Tim. Oh no frills, no thrills,
just brother Hot Tim, nothing but family. This is an
emergency update. Oh god. Now, if you've been rocking with me,
(00:23):
reading the blog, tuning into the podcast, you already know.
I've been planning to take my family to Ghana for
a while now. Bought the tickets, scheduled the shots, got
the meds filled out, all the forms, got the passport rolling.
We were ready until we worn't till we working. And
(00:46):
that's a new word working, right. We wasn't until we wasn't.
Let me walk y'all through the tragedy that is my
attempt to take my family and some of the Jummy
don't oh GEIMMI crew. I mean we was going, not
the whole crew. But you know, on the way to Ghana,
everything was cool till it wasn't till it wasn't the
(01:12):
first domino fail. When I applied for my passport with
my kids, we all applied together. But then I got
my application kicked back. Why my picture was too dark? Yeah,
let that sink in my picture was too dark? Black ass,
my black ass. I was too black. Goddamn it. You
know what I'm saying. I know some of y'all out
(01:34):
there caught that that that's down with Simla. My shit
was too black that yeah, you know what you're supposed
to say. Turn. I took the photo at Walgreens. By
the way, heads up, that might not be your best bet.
You know, go to the place that is actually doing
your passport. They more than likely at the post office
(01:57):
they'll be taking the picture. Get that picture. Then they
hit me with you didn't pay enough, so I had
to send an extra fifteen dollars. No fight, no fuss,
I just sent it back. But the delay that cost
everything else to slip. My kids had their passports by
(02:21):
late March. I didn't get mine until early May. Mind you,
we were set to leave May twenty fourth, so I
thought out out smart the delay went the expediated visa route,
sent mine in, found out my wife's visa had expired
to sent hers in. They said it takes seven business days. Cool,
(02:43):
we had time, or so I thought. Now moving on
for a quick second. Hold on, now, hold up real
quick before I go deeper. If you're filling the story,
or if you just appreciate this real talk overhead and like,
subscribe and share this episode, y'all know, we don't do
(03:07):
the fluff here, Jimmy journey just to raw the real,
the righteous, and let's keep building so that I can
subscribe share. Damn it all right, back to it. I
tried to reach someone, anyone at the embassy, nothing but
a voicemail that says be patient. Ain't even a black voice, Hey,
(03:29):
don't even have an accent. It's a white woman's voice.
Be patient. Then you try to leave a message and bam,
the damn mailbox is full. I swear, I swear I
was trying to call somebody that owe me money. You
know how you call somebody that that that that owe
you something, right, and all of a sudden, you know
(03:50):
what I'm saying, You call them and they voicemail is
full because they owe a whole bunch of people. That's
how I feel. I email, I message, I even talked
to the chat bot. Well actually it was a real person.
I chatted with a real person and they couldn't help
me at all. Meanwhile, the days are slipping, money's tight,
(04:17):
life is life in it, and I'm pulling cash out
the air to move the trip. That's a two fifty
extra per ticket just to push the flight from May
twenty fourth to May thirty first, because I figured, I figured,
I said, if I'm moving out a whole another week,
(04:39):
the family of Ghana, the Ghanaian family, ever be able
to get me my visa by then. That's where I'm
at right now, Fam Columbus, still on May thirtieth, still
no word, no visa, just sitting here with an inbox
full of unanswered email and kids with packed bags and
(05:02):
crushed hopes. And this is the part that hurts. My
kids were hyped. I talked, gone up, showed them the roots,
the history, the importance, and when the time came, Pops
couldn't deliver. The lossesn't just money, though Let's be clear,
(05:25):
this was well over five thousand just on my end.
This trip was supposed to be the moment, and now
the moment is gone. That time, that bond, that cultural
bridge delayed, maybe permanently. That's the real loss, as the
(05:46):
Elder case that says, as Elther, what cases say, when
you're sad at yourself, what's the loss? And that's it
right there for me. Now, don't get it twisted. I'm
not angry, I'm disappointed, I'm frustrated, but I know this
setback is to set up for something greater. And this
is why this happens to me. My first time I
(06:11):
was supposed to go to Ghana, I was supposed to go,
but I couldn't go because I had issues with getting
my passport. I couldn't get my passport. But I have
purchased my tickets, so rather than just cashing the tickets in,
I let my older son, Brian, not Wisdom, Brian Watson.
I let Brian Watson go and I gave my ticket
(06:34):
to a brother in Cincinnati. And the next year, my
Malika popped up on my birthday and presented me with
a free ticket to Ghana. So this type of thing
happens to me. The setbacks usually turned out to be
set ups for me. So I'm ready for it, you
(06:56):
know what I'm saying. But Ghana FAMD, y'all got to
tighten up. I'm talking about the embassy. I'm talking. I
mean Ghana found y'all gotta tighten up this system. This
system is dated. I had to fill out digital forms,
(07:17):
then print them, then physically mail them to y'all in
twenty twenty five. Not only then, I had to send
my passport. So even if I wanted to pivot right now, family,
I can't even pivot because I gotta wait for these
people to get me my passport pack. And on top
of that, they refused to let me come to the
embassy to get my shit. I could have drove to DC,
(07:41):
picked up my damn visa, went to New York, dropped
the vehicle off, got my kids on the plane, got
on the plane with my visa, I mean, with my passport,
flew over to Kenya, have a good time with Kenya,
getting off at the airport in Ghana, and possibly get
a goddamn visa Phyah. But no, if you didn't walk
(08:04):
it in, you can't. I'm sitting up here like what
in the world. But anyway, but Ghana family, y'all got
to tighten up this system. This system is dated. I
had to fill out digital forms, then print them, then
physically mailed them to y'all. In twenty twenty five, Kenyon
sent my family digital visas in under two days for
(08:27):
all of us. Ghana. You got to do better. You
got to do better, especially if you want us to
come over there, right you saying it's open for us
to come over there. I'm an African American, I'm trying
to find my roots. I'm trying to find a home
away from this madness. I'm trying to find a home
away from home. I'm trying to find a place where
(08:48):
I could take my friends, where we could actually experience freedom.
And Ghana is closing the door for that. With on me,
with me, I have a whole tribe here of people
that listen to my opinions. And when I say, hey,
I got a place for us to go and kick it,
and we're deciding on countries to go to. Right synagogue
(09:11):
is gonna be real easy, Martigna is easy, Genia is easy.
Ghana look at this shit. This is not good business.
Excuse my language. No, I don't excuse my language. Now.
This isn't about the blame. This is about growth. If
(09:33):
you got any pull, any voice, or any ideas for
fixing the process, speak up. Let's build a bridge that
doesn't collapse under its own bureaucracy. For those out there,
once again, I'm reaching out to you. If you have
any contexts with people in Ghana that are in government,
please let them know that something is going crazy with
(09:54):
the embassy. Now. Also, let me boom, let me step
back the Ghana embassy was closed down on Memorial Day.
We got word that it was closed down because of
some type of scam shit going on on the inside.
So I mean, I guess I could use that give,
(10:15):
you know, cut some slack on that shit. But still
you still got people out here waiting. You shut down
the embassy rather than getting people in there to fix
it and to take care of the processing of those
individuals that's already in your system, and rather and not
see for me what I'm suggesting should have happened. I'm
not an expert, but you cut off anybody from being
(10:39):
able to apply for new visas. You clean out some
of those people who are suspective doing things, and you
demand that the other individuals work over time in order
to fulfill all of the demands right now that are
already in the system. Get those out the way, especially
(11:00):
sure the ones that don't have a funny business going on,
and get them done. And then you shut shit down
and move people out in fire. You know, I don't know,
but anyway, that's just how brother hot Ten will do it.
Let me say this again, this isn't about blame, because
y'all know I'm just as scripted I'm trying to stick
to the script. It's hard. This isn't about blame. This
(11:24):
is about growth. If you got any pull, any voice,
or any ideas for fixing the process, speak up. Let's
build a bridge that doesn't collapse under our own bureacracies. Right,
we become so much like them that we out them them.
Come on, y'all, So here's what's next. We reset in
(11:46):
the clock. The new goal gone to twenty twenty six
after Memorial Day because I want to be at the
Black expos. We're planning again, but smarter, and in the meantime,
I'll be dropping updates right here on no frills, no thrills,
keeping it wrong, keep it moving. You'll get the journey,
(12:08):
the winds, the setbacks, and all the learning in between. Peace,
love and power. This is brother hot Tim, and I'm out.
Man, this is brother Hot Tim. Oh no frills, no thrills,
just brother Hot Tim, nothing but family. This is an
emergency update. Oh god. Now, if you've been rocking with me,
(00:23):
reading the blog, tuning into the podcast, you already know.
I've been planning to take my family to Ghana for
a while now. Bought the tickets, scheduled the shots, got
the meds filled out, all the forms, got the passport rolling.
We were ready until we worn't till we working. And
(00:46):
that's a new word working, right. We wasn't until we wasn't.
Let me walk y'all through the tragedy that is my
attempt to take my family and some of the Jummy
don't oh GEIMMI crew. I mean we was going, not
the whole crew. But you know, on the way to Ghana,
everything was cool till it wasn't till it wasn't the
(01:12):
first domino fail. When I applied for my passport with
my kids, we all applied together. But then I got
my application kicked back. Why my picture was too dark? Yeah,
let that sink in my picture was too dark? Black ass,
my black ass. I was too black. Goddamn it. You
know what I'm saying. I know some of y'all out
(01:34):
there caught that that that's down with Simla. My shit
was too black that yeah, you know what you're supposed
to say. Turn. I took the photo at Walgreens. By
the way, heads up, that might not be your best bet.
You know, go to the place that is actually doing
your passport. They more than likely at the post office
(01:57):
they'll be taking the picture. Get that picture. Then they
hit me with you didn't pay enough, so I had
to send an extra fifteen dollars. No fight, no fuss,
I just sent it back. But the delay that cost
everything else to slip. My kids had their passports by
(02:21):
late March. I didn't get mine until early May. Mind you,
we were set to leave May twenty fourth, so I
thought out out smart the delay went the expediated visa route,
sent mine in, found out my wife's visa had expired
to sent hers in. They said it takes seven business days. Cool,
(02:43):
we had time, or so I thought. Now moving on
for a quick second. Hold on, now, hold up real
quick before I go deeper. If you're filling the story,
or if you just appreciate this real talk overhead and like,
subscribe and share this episode, y'all know, we don't do
(03:07):
the fluff here, Jimmy journey just to raw the real,
the righteous, and let's keep building so that I can
subscribe share. Damn it all right, back to it. I
tried to reach someone, anyone at the embassy, nothing but
a voicemail that says be patient. Ain't even a black voice, Hey,
(03:29):
don't even have an accent. It's a white woman's voice.
Be patient. Then you try to leave a message and bam,
the damn mailbox is full. I swear, I swear I
was trying to call somebody that owe me money. You
know how you call somebody that that that that owe
you something, right, and all of a sudden, you know
(03:50):
what I'm saying, You call them and they voicemail is
full because they owe a whole bunch of people. That's
how I feel. I email, I message, I even talked
to the chat bot. Well actually it was a real person.
I chatted with a real person and they couldn't help
me at all. Meanwhile, the days are slipping, money's tight,
(04:17):
life is life in it, and I'm pulling cash out
the air to move the trip. That's a two fifty
extra per ticket just to push the flight from May
twenty fourth to May thirty first, because I figured, I figured,
I said, if I'm moving out a whole another week,
(04:39):
the family of Ghana, the Ghanaian family, ever be able
to get me my visa by then. That's where I'm
at right now, Fam Columbus, still on May thirtieth, still
no word, no visa, just sitting here with an inbox
full of unanswered email and kids with packed bags and
(05:02):
crushed hopes. And this is the part that hurts. My
kids were hyped. I talked, gone up, showed them the roots,
the history, the importance, and when the time came, Pops
couldn't deliver. The lossesn't just money, though Let's be clear,
(05:25):
this was well over five thousand just on my end.
This trip was supposed to be the moment, and now
the moment is gone. That time, that bond, that cultural
bridge delayed, maybe permanently. That's the real loss, as the
(05:46):
Elder case that says, as Elther, what cases say, when
you're sad at yourself, what's the loss? And that's it
right there for me. Now, don't get it twisted. I'm
not angry, I'm disappointed, I'm frustrated, but I know this
setback is to set up for something greater. And this
is why this happens to me. My first time I
(06:11):
was supposed to go to Ghana, I was supposed to go,
but I couldn't go because I had issues with getting
my passport. I couldn't get my passport. But I have
purchased my tickets, so rather than just cashing the tickets in,
I let my older son, Brian, not Wisdom, Brian Watson.
I let Brian Watson go and I gave my ticket
(06:34):
to a brother in Cincinnati. And the next year, my
Malika popped up on my birthday and presented me with
a free ticket to Ghana. So this type of thing
happens to me. The setbacks usually turned out to be
set ups for me. So I'm ready for it, you
(06:56):
know what I'm saying. But Ghana FAMD, y'all got to
tighten up. I'm talking about the embassy. I'm talking. I
mean Ghana found y'all gotta tighten up this system. This
system is dated. I had to fill out digital forms,
(07:17):
then print them, then physically mail them to y'all in
twenty twenty five. Not only then, I had to send
my passport. So even if I wanted to pivot right now, family,
I can't even pivot because I gotta wait for these
people to get me my passport pack. And on top
of that, they refused to let me come to the
embassy to get my shit. I could have drove to DC,
(07:41):
picked up my damn visa, went to New York, dropped
the vehicle off, got my kids on the plane, got
on the plane with my visa, I mean, with my passport,
flew over to Kenya, have a good time with Kenya,
getting off at the airport in Ghana, and possibly get
a goddamn visa Phyah. But no, if you didn't walk
(08:04):
it in, you can't. I'm sitting up here like what
in the world. But anyway, but Ghana family, y'all got
to tighten up this system. This system is dated. I
had to fill out digital forms, then print them, then
physically mailed them to y'all. In twenty twenty five, Kenyon
sent my family digital visas in under two days for
(08:27):
all of us. Ghana. You got to do better. You
got to do better, especially if you want us to
come over there, right you saying it's open for us
to come over there. I'm an African American, I'm trying
to find my roots. I'm trying to find a home
away from this madness. I'm trying to find a home
away from home. I'm trying to find a place where
(08:48):
I could take my friends, where we could actually experience freedom.
And Ghana is closing the door for that. With on me,
with me, I have a whole tribe here of people
that listen to my opinions. And when I say, hey,
I got a place for us to go and kick it,
and we're deciding on countries to go to. Right synagogue
(09:11):
is gonna be real easy, Martigna is easy, Genia is easy.
Ghana look at this shit. This is not good business.
Excuse my language. No, I don't excuse my language. Now.
This isn't about the blame. This is about growth. If
(09:33):
you got any pull, any voice, or any ideas for
fixing the process, speak up. Let's build a bridge that
doesn't collapse under its own bureaucracy. For those out there,
once again, I'm reaching out to you. If you have
any contexts with people in Ghana that are in government,
please let them know that something is going crazy with
(09:54):
the embassy. Now. Also, let me boom, let me step
back the Ghana embassy was closed down on Memorial Day.
We got word that it was closed down because of
some type of scam shit going on on the inside.
So I mean, I guess I could use that give,
(10:15):
you know, cut some slack on that shit. But still
you still got people out here waiting. You shut down
the embassy rather than getting people in there to fix
it and to take care of the processing of those
individuals that's already in your system, and rather and not
see for me what I'm suggesting should have happened. I'm
not an expert, but you cut off anybody from being
(10:39):
able to apply for new visas. You clean out some
of those people who are suspective doing things, and you
demand that the other individuals work over time in order
to fulfill all of the demands right now that are
already in the system. Get those out the way, especially
(11:00):
sure the ones that don't have a funny business going on,
and get them done. And then you shut shit down
and move people out in fire. You know, I don't know,
but anyway, that's just how brother hot Ten will do it.
Let me say this again, this isn't about blame, because
y'all know I'm just as scripted I'm trying to stick
to the script. It's hard. This isn't about blame. This
(11:24):
is about growth. If you got any pull, any voice,
or any ideas for fixing the process, speak up. Let's
build a bridge that doesn't collapse under our own bureacracies. Right,
we become so much like them that we out them them.
Come on, y'all, So here's what's next. We reset in
(11:46):
the clock. The new goal gone to twenty twenty six
after Memorial Day because I want to be at the
Black expos. We're planning again, but smarter, and in the meantime,
I'll be dropping updates right here on no frills, no thrills,
keeping it wrong, keep it moving. You'll get the journey,
(12:08):
the winds, the setbacks, and all the learning in between. Peace,
love and power. This is brother hot Tim, and I'm out.
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