i don't really have any personal experience with this, but i've heard from my friend's ex-preacher (the friend left the church) that if God causes someone to speak in tongues, He will provide someone else in the congregation with the translation. so this preacher would say that it's not real, unless someone else is translating. i don't really know what to think of it myself.

seeker, what did it feel like when you were speaking in tongues? what was going on in your head? also, did you ever experience genuinely ill people being cured by laying on of hands? i mean something that can be documented. (not meaning to invalidate your experience, i'm just curious.)