MORENCI, Mich. - The mother of three young Michigan boys who've been missing since last being seen with their father on Thanksgiving says she still believes her sons are alive.

Tanya Skelton of Morenci tells WXYZ-TV she wants the boys to know she loves and misses them and wants them back home. She says her faith gets her through the hard times."I love you, I miss you and I want you to come home," Skelton said in a message to her boys. "It's my faith in God. When I'm at my lowest, I have my Bible out and the word speaks to me and calms me down." Watch entire interview.

The boys' father is charged with parental kidnapping. John Skelton, 39, appeared Tuesday in a Lenawee County magistrate's office by video feed from the county jail.

Magistrate Mindy England ordered him held on $30 million bond.

Nine-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton were last seen at their father's home in Morenci.