Former United States President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that his latest brain scans showed his cancer is gone. The unexpected message at a Baptist church in Georgia gave a sigh of relief to his fans.

During his Bible lesson at the church, the 91-year-old American politician said when doctors saw his brain scans this week, they didn’t find any cancer. Carter, who served as President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, began treatment for melanoma brain cancer a few months ago. That time, the former Democratic president announced that the cancer had spread from liver to brain.

Earlier, MRI scans showed that the cancer spots were responding to the treatment, as per Carter. “When I went this week, they didn’t find any cancer at all, so I have good news”, announced Carter while addressing hundreds of people at Maranatha Baptist Church in Georgia. Within seconds after the announcement, people, who gathered at church for Sunday School class, started clapping.

In a written statement, the former president, who is famous for his unassuming style, confirmed his latest scans did not reveal any cancer. Carter also said that he will continue his treatment. He will keep on receiving daily dose of pembrolizumab.

In August, Carter, who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, said his treatment of cancer would require him to avoid his public schedule. At that time, he said his fate was ‘in the hands of God’.