Two children, kidnapped 20 years ago, are alive and well.

VIDALIA, GA - A brother and sister kidnapped in Tennessee 20 years ago have been found alive and well in California and now their grandfather is charged with taking them.

Their parents, who have since moved to Georgia, are heading to California to see their children for the first time since they were taken two decades ago.

Mother Debbie Baskin says "it was a blessing. To know they were alive and well."

They could never call the past 20 years easy, but their constant sources of strength always stayed close and that's what got them through.

Debbie says "when you go through horrible things you want to think that God has forgotten you and sometimes it can feel that way and luckily we've just been surrounded by Godly, Christian people who've just never forsaken us and we've seen the love of God through His people here on earth."

Packing their bags to see their first two children who were allegedly taken by Debbie's parents 20 years ago, they always hoped this day would come but sometimes it only seemed like a dream.

When asked if he expected to ever see his children again, Father Marc Baskin said "in the first several years, I had the kind of faith that it would be the next day, I was just like a kid. But as time wore on I began to get less expectant and in time I guess you get a little less hopeful. And it would kind of go up and down."

While they consider this a joyous journey ahead, they will not ignore the dark road that got them here.

Debbie said "I could never imagine ever hurting my children so what they've done to me, I've never been able to understand it. But I'm concerned about him, I know that he is not a nice person but he's still my father and my heart is breaking."