Trust, my friend - that's all you need. The guidance will always be there. It's pretty awesome that your company has a yearly get together of employees from two different countries, but I'm sure it's beneficial to the company for doing it.
On my last job I worked for a company that had employees in several countries, and there were lots of online video conferences at meetings, but you don't really get to know anyone like that. Seems your employer is a good one!
Yea, one of the perks of this company is they have annual retreats for us. It really is good that we can bond with the people we work overseas with. Oo... if it's several countries, I'm sure that'll be harder and take much more effort in planning.