Savannah Guthrie returned to co-hosting duties on Today on Monday for the first time since the disappearance of her mother, Nancy. After running through headlines of the day, Guthrie, with a smile, told viewers, “We are so glad you started your week with us, and it is good to be home.”

In a vulnerable message, Guthrie spoke candidly about her faith as she wrestles with the unknown surrounding her mother's disappearance.

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“I still believe,” Savannah said in the message, which comes one day before she is set to return to ‘Today’

The search for Nancy Guthrie will soon enter its fifth week, and the case continues to have several new developments as authorities try to locate the missing 84-year-old. Nancy, the mother of Today Show co-host Savannah Guthrie,