tongues and spiritual gifts

a few chapters behind in the reading plan, today i read 1 Cor 14 and i was so excited. i didn't realize that Paul talked about spiritual gifts such as prophecy and speaking in tongues and i didn't know that this topic was mentioned anywhere else in the bible except Acts, so i was ecstatic. i began speaking in tongues this summer but i have not known much about it so i have hesitated in using it. however in this chapter Paul gives basic guidelines to how this type of gift should be used, where, when, etc. I think it's so important that if any of you have these types of gifts that you read this chapter to better know how to use them. we need to honor the Lord and use these gifts correctly according to scriptures and thus in a glorifying way.
speaking in tongues: should be done in private, just you and the Lord, is a work of the spirit; or could be done in groups of no more than 2 or 3 people speaking in tongues if you each have the power to interpret...if not it is better to do it alone...and be careful of using it publicly without an interpreter or around non-believers as they will be turned away... says Paul