After fracturing his pelvis less than two weeks ago, the nation’s oldest president will return to his church in Georgia to teach Sunday school this weekend.
Former President Jimmy Carter, 95, was hospitalized for four days this month after he suffered a fall and was diagnosed with a pelvic fracture.
Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, confirmed that Carter would be teaching Sunday school this weekend.
“We are proud and relieved to announce President Carter has changed his mind and decided that he feels well enough [to] teach,” the church said.
Pastor Tony Lowden called the rapid recovery “amazing.”
“I’ve never seen anything like him,” Lowden said.
That fall was the second time Carter has been in the hospital this month for a fall. On Oct. 6, Carter fell and hit his forehead, requiring 14 stitches above his eyebrow and leaving him with a prominent black eye. Despite the stitches, Carter traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, with his 92-year-old wife Rosalynn to appear at a Habitat for Humanity charity event.
Carter also underwent surgery in May after he fell and broke his hip as he was preparing to go turkey hunting.
Carter is the first U.S. president to reach the age of 95, surpassing George H.W. Bush, who lived to be 94.
