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Gabe gutierrez reports from plains, georgia. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: it was the 689th time jimmy carter had taught sunday school, but this lesson was different. >> i don't have any other radiation schedule but i have four sessions of a supplemental medicine, and it takes about a half-an-hour to get an i.v. that's enough of that subject. >> reporter: three days after revealing he had started treatment for cancer in his brain he took on another tough subject, love. >> i would say that just being able to admit you might be mistaken and another person might be right is a very impo...

It was quite an emotional time for him to be here. people showed up before dawn. here's some of what they had to say. >> i had an opportunity to come this time, so i said, let me go to celebrate my birthday. my birthday is on monday. and then i heard about the cancer diagnosis, and i said, i really have to go. >> to see somebody live out that faith, for somebody -- >> what an amazing man he is. that he potentially could be facing death with that attitude. >> reporter: and as he said, he plans to cut back on some of his humanitarian work. but he plans to continue teaching sunday school here as ...

Former president jimmy carter is focusing on his faith as he undergoes treatment for stage four melanoma. for the 689th time, he taught sunday school in georgia this morning. and as our nick valencia reports, his appearance attracted an overflow crowd. hi, nick. >> poppy, a momentous day for those who came from far and wide to plains, georgia, to hear jimmy carter teach sunday school, something that's become a cornerstone in this community, the 689th time president carter has done so, according to his grandson, but this is the first time he's addressed the congress gra congregation here in pla...

Treated that with radiation and i'm taking some additional medicine to stimulate my autoimmune system to fight against the cancer. >> nick valencia is outside of the baptist church in georgia and is joining us on the phone. so what was that service like this morning, nick? >> reporter: hey there, fredricka. you can tell how incredibly important it was for the people visiting outside of plains. for those who live here, they have become accustomed to seeing president carter deliver the sunday school message. this is the 689th time that president carter has taught sunday school, but this is the f...

Candidate. he is off to a strong count and in the first tee and probably helped himself better than anyone else for this moment. he went out and no one paid attention but in 2013 and early 2014 he made seven substantive speeches about policy showing he was educating himself and figuring out where he stood and launched into this with one of most important things a candidate can have 689 the an understanding of the issues that together make up a message. he is off to a strong start. how do you sort out 21 candidates? by the end of the day we will have 15 or 16 and --. >> declared candidate? >> 1...